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By some estimates, chronic absenteeism doubled during the pandemic. Now, about halfway through the most "normal" school year since 2020, the situation hasn't improved in many places.

Danica Patrick became the first woman to win a pole in NASCAR's elite division, but that doesn't mean her No. 1 position at the start of Sunday's Daytona 500 will give her an edge. Experts say that a 40-pound weight advantage might not help either.

"It's a place that's highly traveled to. It's a big destination. We're also highly vulnerable, and there's a lot of risk at stake," said Hank Hodde with Pinellas County.

Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., are the most prominent moderates to oppose elements of President Biden's agenda, but they are likely not alone.

Generations of listeners have celebrated the signature songs of the artist who died this week at 81. But Withers' greater catalog reveals a man who stuck to his beliefs in the face of the pop machine.

The Australian Border Force said the top-ranked tennis player "failed to provide appropriate evidence to meet the entry requirements to Australia, and his visa has been subsequently cancelled."

The U.S. will report its economic growth data for the October-December quarter, a period marked by high inflation, supply chain woes and labor shortages.

Hurricane Helene made landfall late last night as a Category 4 storm. It has since weakened but continues to batter the South, causing damage and power outages. And, takeaways from voters in Nevada.

She's one of 110 girls in a boarding program run by the Veerni Institute in India. When lockdowns hit, they were sent home to their villages, where child marriage is rampant.

In the first authorized sequel to A.A. Milne's classic tales of Winnie the Pooh, author David Benedictus treads gently on the sacred woods of the original.

Before he became an astrophysicist, Ray Jayawardhana was just a kid, looking up at the night sky with his father. "I remember being awed," he says. He's written a book called Child of the Universe.

When hackers attack a hospital, it can be deadly. But doctors and patients at nearby hospitals suffer, too, according to a new study from the University of California San Diego.

Rachel Martin talks to Beam Furr, the mayor of Broward County, Florida, following the deadly shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. A suspect in the deaths of 17 people is in custody.

As French airstrikes hit Islamic State militants Sunday, former CIA Director James Woolsey argues why the U.S. and its allies need to take more forceful action against ISIS.

A Christmas tree farm in the Smoky Mountains tries to bring "joy to the world" each season.

Scientists will be putting down the PowerPoint presentation and picking up a cold one at bars around the world next week, including at a quartet of Bay…

It's been 16 years since Clarke wrote Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell. "The pressure of all the years when I hadn't written, and all the stories I hadn't written, weighed very heavily on me," she says.

An agency that advises Congress recommends a 30 percent reduction in some federal reimbursements to free-standing ERs that are within 6 miles of a hospital.

Ages 12 and older are now eligible to be vaccinated against COVID-19, the FDA and the CDC say. But when and where, and what about younger kids? You have questions. We have answers.

Monday will be 22 years since the 9/11 terrorist attacks that claimed nearly 3,000 lives.

The Florida Senate has approved several bills aimed at improving education and workforce outcomes for Floridians with disabilities.The issue is Senate…

Mansour Abbas broke a longstanding taboo when he led his Arab party into Israel's governing coalition last year.

Chappelle's monologue seemed filled with justification and minimization.

The relationship between Muslims living in France and their adopted homeland has long been a complicated one. Professor Jonathan Laurence of Boston College has studied that relationship and joins us to explain.

Nelba Marquez-Greene and her husband, James Greene, are inspired by the marches for racial justice but fear they could fizzle out and become just another disappointment.