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Few women ran and few women voted during the elections, but many in the country see the victories as a turning point for women's rights.

The strongest meteor shower of the year hits its peak Sunday night and early Monday morning. It's visible across the world, wherever skies are clear and light pollution is low.

Most politicians aren't cool. And maybe that's ok.

The City Council votes to remove four prominent Confederate monuments. The decision comes after four decades of work by activists — and months of heated debate.

The wind power industry is celebrating a milestone in November: 70 gigawatts of generating capacity. Researchers say that's enough to power 19 million homes.

History tells us that when speaking of America's future, perhaps it's a good idea to never say never — and never say always.

In a speech, the Fed chair says the U.S. economy has improved substantially since the Great Recession.

Also, Jane Rosenberg, the sketch artist whose vision of Brady at his first appearance in federal court sparked a flood of commentary, issued a new sketch of the quarterback.

Abdullah Kurdi, whose 3-year-old son's lifeless body was photographed facedown on a Turkish beach, says: "I hope the world will learn something from it."

Pressure on Premier Najib Razak has mounted since a revelation last month that $600 million had been improperly transferred from a failing state fund.