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Shaimaa Ali Ahmed lost her leg at age 6 after happening upon an unexploded rocket. Children like her bear an outsized burden from the civil war, where land mines and ordnance litter the landscape.

Archaeologists dug into a riverbank in Zambia and uncovered what they call the earliest known wood construction by humans. The half-million year-old artifacts could change how we see Stone-Age people.

FEMA has 280 certified detection dogs trained to find people in disasters, and it has another 80 that look for human remains. And they are the goodest boys and girls.

For many Central American migrants crossing illegally through Mexico to the U.S., the journey starts as they hop a freight train. But the already perilous trip is more risky as they now fear kidnapping by Mexican drug cartels. Last year, hundreds of migrants went missing or were killed in Mexico.

The French Iranian author and artist, best known for her graphic novel Persepolis, edited and contributed to a new graphic anthology titled Woman, Life, Freedom, inspired by Iran's recent protests.

A region that was the scene of major combat a year ago has been quiet for the past two months, Marines say — thanks in part to a group of local Afghans who act as a sort of an armed neighborhood watch. They identify Taliban fighters and have found caches of IEDs.

A region that was the scene of major combat a year ago has been quiet for the past two months, Marines say — thanks in part to a group of local Afghans who act as a sort of an armed neighborhood watch. They identify Taliban fighters and have found caches of IEDs.

There's a growing demand for minerals as the world ramps up manufacturing of climate solutions. Experts say more than half of these mining projects are on or near lands of Indigenous peoples.

While many voters are highly motivated, some Americans are so fed up with all the partisan battling and bickering, they plan to 'just say no' to voting in the 2010 midterm elections.

Moody says fraudsters are using AI to deceive victims in order to steal personal information or money.

The storm hit Panama City early Tuesday morning.

Eyder Peralta asks John Suthers, mayor of Colorado Springs, Colorado, about pandemic restrictions and fatigue.

In the former child actor's memoir "I'm Glad My Mom Died," she explores her troubled relationship with her mother who pushed her into acting.

Flemister, who died last week, was the first Black woman to serve as a special agent in the 1970s, but was forced out by racial discrimination. She spent the next three decades in the foreign service.

Florida has the most choices of any state for students with special needs: public, private, charter and home schooling. Still, some families can't find a good fit.

We asked you to send us your racial conundrums. And in the first 'Ask Code Switch,' we take on a big one: How do you talk to family members whose racial views seem stuck in the Stone Age?

New York City's Vision Festival honors New Orleans saxophonist Kidd Jordan Wednesday night. He still remains unknown outside avant-garde jazz circles, but Jordan says that doesn't matter. Staying true to his roots, Jordan teaches music in his hometown, where many of jazz's elite players have studied under him.

Politicians argue. Those opposed to mask mandates protest. But meanwhile, growing evidence shows that mask wearing is a critical tool in curbing the spread of the coronavirus.

The nation's top infectious disease expert spoke remotely during a unique Senate health committee hearing on the coronavirus pandemic.

A dedicated minority of conservative activists has been working for decades to dismantle Roe v. Wade. One man in particular has played an outsized role in that effort: Leonard Leo.

Public art in some Florida locations was nearly non-existent at the turn of this century. Nowadays there are other cities trying to emulate the kinds and scope of public art placed in these same locations.

A survivor of the suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria that took place two weeks ago is now at a refugee camp. Her lungs are failing and her children's future is in doubt.

Archer Mayor exposes the seedy underbelly of bucolic Brattleboro in his Joe Gunther detective novels. But it's a challenge to bring out the dark side; Brattleboro, and Vermont in general, the author says, are "inordinately pleasant" places.

The early start to the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season — the sixth in a row and the first with three named storms by June 1— has rekindled calls to move...

U.S. Rep. David Bonoir of Michigan left Congress a few years back after rising high in the Democratic leadership. Now he's the chairman of American Rights at Work, a new non-profit organization dedicated to protecting and promoting workers' rights to organize and collectively bargain. He tells Farai Chideya about his new job.