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Leaders make decisions for a group in the same way they make choices for themselves, a study suggests. They don't change their decision-making behavior, even when the welfare of others is at stake.

Some Haitians who fled to Brazil years ago, want to make the journey to the U.S.

The number of Haitian migrants trying to cross the U.S. border has dipped, yet the issue hasn't gone away. Thousands of Haitian migrants have taken up residence in Brazil hoping to move on to the U.S.

Fine Tuning: The Art Of Guitar Making

For the person accustomed to playing a factory model, a guitar from the hand of a skilled luthier is always a revelation. The tone, action, craftsmanship,…

Technicians at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory lower the Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment (MOXIE) instrument into the belly of the Perseverance rover. NASA announced that the instrument had produced oxygen from the Martian atmosphere.

Out Of Thin Air: NASA Rover Makes Oxygen From Martian Atmosphere

Fresh off the first powered flight on another world, NASA's Mars 2020 mission has managed another key first that could pave the way for future astronauts.

Statehood activists took part in a rally in support of D.C. statehood near the US. Capitol in March. One month later, the House passed a bill that would make D.C. the nation's 51st state.

House Democrats Pass Bill To Make D.C. The 51st State

The effort to make Washington, D.C., the 51st star on the U.S. flag has never had more support. But the measure's fate in the Senate is uncertain.

Young Overachiever Might Make You Feel Like An Underachiever

Ian Taylor Schlitz, 14, started taking college classes at the age of 12. He just got his associate degree from Tarrant County College in Texas. Ian's older sister was accepted into college at age 9.

700 Victims Listed In Sexual Abuse Probe Of Southern Baptist Churches

Rachel Martin talks to Robert Downen of the Houston Chronicle, who helped to expose widespread sexual abuse allegedly committed by church leaders and volunteers in Southern Baptist churches.

San Quentin Prison Report: Surviving prison

The first day of school or work can be nerve racking for anyone. Being a new kid on the block takes some getting used to. Now imagine a person's first day…

San Quentin Prison Report: Surviving prison

Imagine a person's first day at a maximum-security prison. How do you wrap your mind around coming from the everyday world to the violent and chaotic…

A view from inside the Temple of Time, which artist David Best is building in Coral Springs, Fla., to help pay tribute to victims of the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

To Honor Parkland Victims, David Best Is Building A Temple, Then Setting It On Fire

The artist whose massive wooden structures have become a fixture at the annual Burning Man festival is now constructing a Temple of Time to help mark the first anniversary of the shooting.

This image from television footage shows John Walker Lindh in Afghanistan on Dec. 1, 2001. Lindh was a Taliban soldier who was captured at that time.

John Walker Lindh, The 'American Taliban,' Is Released From Prison

Lindh served 17 years of a 20-year sentence for being a Taliban soldier. Dozens of other Americans, linked to extremist groups, are in line to be released from U.S. prisons.

Harmony Rust-Bodke holds a urn containing the ashes of her brother Ryan Rust. He was found dead in a solitary prison cell at Alabama's Holman prison with a belt around his neck. The U.S. Department of Justice has put the state of Alabama on notice to fix dangerous and deadly prison conditions or face a lawsuit that could result in a federal takeover of the prison system.

Alabama Faces Deadline To Address Dangerous And Deadly Prison Conditions

Critics say a plan to build new prisons won't solve the entrenched, underlying issues in the state prison system that have been found to be unconstitutional.

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