The number of Americans living without homes, in shelters, or on the streets continues to rise at an alarming rate. Judy Woodruff reports on why that is, and what more can be done to prevent it.

Schools across the country have been caught up in spirited debates over what students should learn about United States history. We talked to social studies teachers about how they run their classrooms ...

Jackie Kennedy took her breakfast in bed. Every morning, a White House butler brought a tray of toast with honey, orange juice, and coffee with skim milk. For lunch, the first lady had a cup of broth ...

AR-15s and similar rifles are banned in Connecticut by name and characteristics, but these weapons are outside the ban. A proposed law would tighten loopholes. Credit: Connecticut State Police This ...

Up to 92% of Earth could be uninhabitable to mammals in 250 million years, researchers predict. The planet’s landmasses are expected to form a supercontinent, driving volcanism and increases to carbon ...

Explaining what rosin is in baseball and looking into if it’s allowed in MLB with the league’s crackdown on pitchers with the sticky substance rules. On Wednesday, April 19 in the early parts of the ...

The deadlines! The arm-twisting! The threat of default! The U.S. may be just days away from being unable to pay its bills, but Wall Street has seen this movie before, and markets seems unbothered — ...

We used to play a game he called “Movie/Movie.” He would name a title of a film and I’d have to respond with another: the last letter of his needed to be the first letter of mine. It’s the kind of ...

For decades, the question of affirmative action — whether colleges should consider race when deciding which students to admit — has been the subject of national debate. And as the nation's highest ...

The study has shown that two communication cues—intonation and gestures—are also helpful for children with typical language development, but "it's especially useful to apply them in school ...

It is well known that mental state verbs are difficult to acquire, but little is known about the acquisition of mental state language encoded through intonation. Puerto Rican Spanish (PRS) has at ...