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The photos avoid war, destruction and poverty — and instead focus on the beauty and resilience of people who leave home in search of a better life.

George Pelecanos is known for bestselling detective novels and for shows like The Wire and The Deuce. His latest novel is a little different — it's set in a jail, and it's about a librarian.

"The Star-Spangled Banner" has been played at major sporting events as far back as the Civil War, even before it was officially named the national anthem. How and why did the tradition stick?

President Trump said his Supreme Court nominee testified to having "difficulty as a young man with drink." But that's not exactly what Judge Kavanaugh said.

A mechanical pump can be life-saving for heart failure patients or it can cause dangerous complications. Doctors can do a better job at explaining the reasons some patients may want to opt out.

Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination was sailing through until Christine Blasey Ford came forward with a sexual assault allegation. Get caught up on what led to Thursday's hearing.

"The language of type can be immensely clarifying," says author Merve Emre. In The Personality Brokers she describes how a mother-daughter duo started a multi-million dollar "people sorting" industry.

Almost 90 percent of Californians do not have earthquake insurance. That worries state officials and quake experts, who are renewing the push to boost insurance coverage.

People are hotly divided about many gun restrictions — but not on extreme risk protection orders. They allow police to temporarily take guns from people seen to be a risk to themselves or others.

Republicans in Congress question whether schools, cities and states really need as much relief as President Biden and Democrats want to give them. At the local level, people say they're desperate.