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The streets are full of skateboarders these days, and skate shops can hardly keep up with the demand. Why now? The answer might put a smile on your face.

James O'Keefe tried to "faux seduce" CNN's Abbie Boudreau on a boat in Maryland, to embarrass her and the TV network. At the last minute, Boudreau was told she would be "punked."

Trudy Pitts and Bill Carney have been together for half a century. They say they've been so close for so long that their relationship allows them to speak the private language of music.

The mild-mannered pianist is fiercely devoted to expressing rhythmical freedom in the musical line. Hear her pick favorite recordings by artists who share her aesthetic.

The 27-year-old from Wisconsin pulled off an upset and is leaving Japan with a bronze medal around her neck. Her first-ever marathon was when she qualified to run in the Olympics.

In honor of The Monkees' 50th anniversary, hear a song written for the band by Death Cab For Cutie's Ben Gibbard. "Me & Magdalena" appears on a forthcoming reunion album called Good Times!

Patrick Mahomes was magical when the Kansas City Chiefs desperately needed him to pull off another Super Bowl comeback. Playing on an injured ankle, Mahomes threw two touchdown passes in the fourth quarter and scrambled 26 yards on the go-ahead drive before Harrison Butker kicked a 27-yard field goal with 8 seconds left to give the Chiefs a 38-35 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday night.

Senate Democrats pass a climate, health care and tax bill after months of negotiations. Secretary of State Blinken holds high-level talks in South Africa. A poll delves into some racial disparities.

While NASA was trying to put a man on the moon, the Navy was quietly conducting a series of tests to see if humans could live and work on the deep seafloor.

The 130-year-old Capitol building where Rep.-elect David Ortiz will work isn't totally accessible. We examine what his victory means for disability rights, and what changes have to be made.

There's no dancing or passing the hat at these new rent parties. There is music — and online fundraising. Recently, a classical violinist played a concert in an Annapolis apartment to help the tenant.

Republican presidential hopeful John McCain is in good general health and is free of skin cancer, according to a report by The Associated Press that cites the candidate's medical records. McCain is 71, older than any newly elected president. In a Pew poll, half the voters said they'd be less likely to vote for a candidate in his 70s.

The CDC unit that monitored all coal workers' health, including black lung disease, is gone. Their physicians wonder, "Now what?"

The CDC has lost thousands of workers since January. At a conference celebrating the work of the agency's "disease detectives," current and former staff grappled with uncertainty about the future.

Migrating birds can be a pleasant seasonal sight, but they're a bird flu threat to turkey farmers. In Minnesota, some are using lasers to scare them away.

U.S. employers added a whopping 336,000 jobs in September. That's about twice as many as forecasters were expecting.

Consumer inflation hit 3% in June, the lowest since March 2021. Though easing prices will be comforting to the Federal Reserve, inflation is still running higher than the central bank would like.

Gas prices surged to a national record, not adjusted for inflation, surpassing the previous milestone hit around two months ago. It comes just ahead of the key summer driving season.

Misrach Ewunetie, 20, was declared missing after her family told university police they had not heard from her in days.

Returning CEO Bob Iger is making a statement to his board about the company's finances moving forward.

The measure, which is set to go into effect in May, is an attempt to appease residents in the neighborhood, which attracts millions of tourists each year.

U.S. employers added 187,000 jobs in July, still marking a steady pace of growth. The unemployment rate edged down to 3.5%.

Consumer prices last month were 3.2% higher than the month before — a smaller annual increase than the previous month. A sharp drop in gas prices in October helped to offset rising rents.

A non-tropical disturbance is expected to approach Florida Thursday and Friday, producing summer-like downpours and thunderstorms across much of the...

In Dave Barry's latest novel, a bachelor dinner goes off the rails, entangling the groom to be with a colorful cast of characters — everyone from Russian mobsters to Haitian refugees to the fourth-place finisher in the Miss Hot Amateur Bod contest. Oh, and an albino Burmese python.