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Convenience is in the eye of the generation. Increasingly, corner markets in Japan target the 27 percent of residents over 65 — offering nursing care advice and home delivery of meals and groceries.

Israel said it arrested a senior World Vision staffer in Gaza and accused him of funneling funds to the Hamas militant group. The Christian charity said it has "no reason" to believe the allegations.

With her goofy facial expressions, Fu Yuanhui has captured the world's attention — if not the gold — and is changing the way Chinese think about the Olympics and how athletes should speak and behave.

Renee Montagne talks to Billy Nungesser about the devastating floods in his state. When he was president of Plaquemines Parish, his community faced five hurricanes and the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

As students head back to school, districts are faced with the age-old problem of making sure they show up. A principal in St. Louis resorted to extreme measures: installing washers and dryers.

The search for lifesaving antibiotics is on. Scientists have turned up one promising candidate in an unlikely place — the human nose.

A Wall Street Journal account raises questions about whether a controversial $400 million cash payment to Iran that coincided with the release of several U.S. citizens amounted to ransom.

But researchers say getting the diagnosis doesn't necessarily mean that these students have the disorder.

North Carolina's congressional primaries are in chaos after a panel of federal judges threw out the state's electoral maps.

The White House hasn't announced any such plans. But Obama will be in Japan next month and a visit would be a grand symbolic gesture in keeping with his emphasis on nuclear nonproliferation.