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The holiday season can be stressful, but for energy workers, December is turning out to be especially tough. Oil and gas firms have laid off close to 56,000 Texans in the past year.

Yes, TV stars and athletes were frequently searched in 2015. But Simon Rogers, data editor at Google News Lab, says we were also seeking information about the Paris attacks and the refugee crisis.

Ainissa Ramirez used to be an associate professor at Yale in materials science. Now she's taking her "science evangelism" out on the road.

One day after the Iowa caucuses, the Democratic presidential candidates barnstormed New Hampshire.

The announcement, scheduled for Thursday afternoon, is about the state of the country's fight against opioid addiction and abuse. David Greene talks to Noam Levey of the Los Angeles Times.

Peggy Whitson smashed multiple records after spending a total of 665 days in orbit over the course of her career.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair meets with Muslim leaders in Britain, as his cabinet considers new legislation for combating terrorism. The four chief suspects in the London attacks were all British Muslims. Blair is looking for new ways to keep young Britons from what he has called the "evil ideology" of Islamist extremism.

Israeli police and soldiers go house to house in Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip, formally notifying residents they must leave the territory within the next 48 hours. But some settlers locked the gates of their communities, denying access.

Sen. John McCain and President Bush have found a way to agree on former prisoner of war McCain's anti-torture legislation. The Bush administration initially opposed the amendment, which would ban the use of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment on detainees.

A proposed Bureau of Prisons rule would put the majority of money sent to an incarcerated person from outside toward restitution or other fines.