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M.L. Schultze Fewer than one in three kids in poor families in Ohio start kindergarten with the skills they need — things like counting, rhyming and sounding letters into words. So in high-poverty urban districts like Canton and its rural counterparts like Minerva, the achievement gap can seem like it’s locked in. For the last 15 years, an effort called SPARK has been underway to change that — one hour at a time. And the first group of kids who launched the program are now getting ready to graduate.

One or both parents have moved to another country to earn money to send back home at this time of economic crisis. The cash helps — but the kids often suffer from "migratory mourning."

It's in Guatemala, where the educational achievement of poor students is severely lacking. Students might dress up in cow costumes, bake bread — or frame a building.

Edward Buckles, Jr. was just 13 when Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans and changed his home forever. His new documentary is his attempt to unpack the trauma of that childhood experience.

If there's any justice in the world, a Barbie songwriter will take home this statue.

President Trump's meeting on Monday in Helsinki with Russian President Vladimir Putin was followed by days of reaction and backpedaling.

The Oscar-nominated actor, who died Dec. 12, started out as an official with the New York Transit Union, but quit when he was 35 to pursue acting. Originally broadcast in 1992.

An expectant mom got a $750 bill for a blood test to check for genetic abnormalities in her baby. Then she tried to figure out why it was so high.

Man Kaur of India has won 17 gold medals in her age category. And now she's trying her hand at javelin.

The Great Galveston Storm of 1900 destroyed two-thirds of the Texas city and heavily damaged surviving structures. It remains the most deadly natural disaster and worst hurricane in U.S. history.