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Federal officials released a draft environmental review of the pipeline, but said they're waiting for more input before deciding the future of the line's river crossing in North Dakota.

The International Chess Federation will stop allowing transgender women to participate in women's tournaments. The group said changing genders has a "significant impact" on a player's status.

Jason Matthews wrote the novel behind a new motion picture where a Russian spy (played by Jennifer Lawrence) is trained in the dual arts of seduction and espionage.

President Obama has called on Europe to increase spending to kick-start the global economy. But E.U. Ambassador John Bruton tells NPR that many European countries are having trouble borrowing money themselves. He expects G-20 leaders to talk Thursday about bolstering the International Monetary Fund.

According to the Justice Department, the first Guantanamo Bay detainee is in New York to face trial for bombing U.S. embassies. Officials said Ahmed Ghailani arrived early Tuesday morning.

Sen. Larry Craig (R-ID) announces Saturday that he will resign from the U.S. Senate at the end of the month. Sen. Craig has been dogged by a sex scandal that has caused the Republican Party to ostracize him.

Even as deaths in acute-care hospitals declined in recent years, the use of intensive care units in the last month of life increased. There has been greater use of hospice care, but much of it was for three days or less at the very end of life, a study finds.

President Obama has proposed making tuition at community colleges free. But Youth Radio reporter Tylyn Hardamon found that paying for school is just one of many challenges facing today's students.

Hye-young Pyun's new novel, about an exterminator on a work trip to a nameless dystopian country, has overtones of Kafka, Stephen King and J.G. Ballard. It's grim, it's gross, and it's unputdownable.

A federal grand jury indicted Billie R. Davis, who is accused of stabbing an 18-year-old university student on a bus in Bloomington "because of the victim's race and national origin," officials said.

This vote marks the most serious challenge yet to the rule of President Yahya Jammeh. The president has ruled for 22 years since he led a coup, and has a dismal human rights record.

When slavery was outlawed in the Caribbean, indentured servitude took over. Host Michel Martin speaks with author Gauitra Bahadur. Her book Coolie Woman traces her great-grandmother's roots from India to Guyana.

When this couple moved to Vermont they turned a section of their lawn into a meadow. It yielded wildflowers and connections with their new community.

Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto says she will end her self-imposed exile and return to Pakistan on Oct. 18 in a bid to regain power.

Darryl George, a junior at Barbers Hill High School, who was suspended for wearing a natural hairstyle, will be placed in a disciplinary alternative education program through Nov. 29.

Ratko Mladic, the former Serbian commander accused of genocide, has appeared for the first time before the U.N. war crimes tribunal in the Hague. It was a preliminary hearing, and Mladic declined to enter a plea.

Danish director Lone Scherfig is making a name for herself as a female director whose movies tend to focus on human relationships. "I like to see losers win," she says. Her latest film, One Day, chronicles a day in the life of two characters over the course of 20 years.

Cavalcante was charged with felony counts of burglary, criminal trespass, theft and possession of a firearm as well as a number of misdemeanor charges including theft and receiving stolen property.

Pinellas Republican Representative Linda Chaney is crafting the draft legislation, which would trim the amount of board members from 15 to nine, and completely alter how they're appointed.

New College of Florida lost double the amount of students this year compared to the past two years. Interim Provost Brad Thiessen wrote in a report to faculty it was "by far" the lowest retention rate the Sarasota school has seen.

The Florida High School Athletic Association revealed its plans.

The pod rammed the boat's rudder for about 45 minutes. Authorities were able to get crew members to land safely, but their yacht was irreparably damaged.

A federal judge has dismissed Disney’s free speech lawsuit against Gov. Ron DeSantis. That leaves the company’s hopes of regaining control of a district that governs Walt Disney World to a separate state court challenge.

Breonna Moffett, one of three American soldiers killed by the drone strike on a U.S. base in Jordan, was remembered at her high school in Savannah, Ga.

Florida opted out of the program for 2024 earlier this year. It's estimated the state lost out on around $250 million in food benefits for families.