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School leaders in the Pacific Northwest are scrambling this summer to deal with lead in school drinking water. Problems first surfaced after parents in Portland, Ore., asked questions about water safety following news from Flint, Mich. Now districts across Oregon and Washington are testing the water and finding higher lead levels than expected.

Shimon Peres spent his final years as a grandfatherly figure, using social media to urge young Israelis toward his optimistic vision of peace. They liked him — but some were skeptical of his message.

Peace is finally coming to Colombia after more than 50 years of conflict with Marxist rebels. Much of the credit is being given to a Bogota attorney who was the government's chief peace negotiator.

The Fund was created in 2002 to address the AIDS, TB and malaria epidemics. What is its track record?

A series of automatic federal budget cuts known as the sequester looms at the end of the week, and the White House has put out a list of how those cuts…

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Jeneyah McDonald, a mother he met in Flint, Mich., in January, to check in with her about how the city's water crisis continues to affect her family.

Welcome to WOSU's Election 2016: Ohio Primary Blog! This is your source, updated through the evening, for all primary coverage in Ohio. Update 10:50…

The first round of budget cuts known as sequester has tightened the coffers of many federal agencies, but may not be as devastating as first thought. As…

OSU president Gordon Gee sent out an email to the university community around 3 p.m. Tuesday to announce he’ll leave July First. Gee said it was during…

A decade ago, Ohio passed so-called tort reform laws which severely limited jury awards in negligence and malpractice cases. Supporters say the laws have…