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Algebra, trigonometry and calculus keep millions of people from graduating. And they're unnecessary, argues author and professor Andrew Hacker.

The tectonic collision of two entertainment powerhouses — the NFL and Taylor Swift — dominated TV screens this fall. Now, sportsbooks are looking for their bite at the apple.

The text accounting for about three-quarters of all federal discretionary spending was released early Thursday. Now, lawmakers are racing against the clock to vote before a Friday midnight deadline.

While the justices came together to agree Donald Trump could not be removed from the Colorado primary ballot, they differed as to how far they would go.

In a night of firsts, the Tampa Bay Sun rallied for a 1-all draw after arriving to its renovated riverfront stadium via water taxi as 5,000+ fans watched.

The father of three is currently the junior senator of Ohio, and author of the 2016 memoir, 'Hillbilly Elegy', a New York Times bestseller. Donald Trump chose Vance as his vice presidential pick, passing over Florida Sen. Marco Rubio.

In this week's StoryCorps' Military Voices Initiative, we hear from some of the first Black men to enlist in the Marine Corps.

Counties across the greater Tampa Bay region and along the west coast are under water restrictions, and the state's wettest season is over until late spring. Meanwhile, portions of the east coast were deluged with rain.

Nearly two years after the recession ended, the pace of construction is inching along at less than half the level considered healthy. Housing starts fell 10.6 percent in April to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 523,000, the Commerce Department said Tuesday. And fewer new homes mean fewer jobs.

Many parents struggle to find the time to get their kids the exercise they need. But some parents are trying to make walking and biking part of their daily lives, not something they have to schedule.

The goal is for the park to become a "front lawn" for all residents, offering activities like recreational classes as well as cultural and culinary-focused events.

Researchers following a group of American children for decades found that even short periods of housing instability increased the chances of poor mental and physical health years later.

The state law bans most abortions after 15 weeks. The lower courts blocked its enforcement, finding it in conflict with Roe v. Wade and subsequent abortion decisions.

Special counsel Jack Smith said he would have won a criminal conviction of President-elect Donald Trump if not for his election to a second term.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's center-left Labor Party is seeking a second term. His opponent, conservative opposition leader Peter Dutton, wants to become the first political leader to oust a first-term government since 1931.

An experiment with threadfin butterflyfish finds that these fish may experience pleasure while being cleaned by bluestreak cleaner wrasse — suggesting this capacity goes far back in animal evolution.

People get a lot wrong when it comes to paying for vacation, travel experts say, and that can cost serious cash. Here's how to plan a trip that's safe, adventurous and under budget.

Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower envisioned the Kennedy Center as an "artistic mecca." President Trump recently told reporters he'd never seen a show there.

It's been less than a year since 13 service members were killed in Kabul during the final days of the U.S. pullout. This Memorial Day, a mother remembers her son, one of the Marines who died that day.

Darkly funny, suspenseful and cunningly plotted, Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl will be published June 5. In this exclusive selection from the book's opening, we meet Nick and Amy, the seemingly perfect couple whose alternating chapters soon reveal them to be unreliable narrators — and spouses.

Joe Biden will be sworn in as the nation's 46th president. President Trump will not participate in the inauguration. Scientists worry a variant of COVID-19 is contributing to California's surge.

Georgia has plans to reopen, but is it the right time? States look to sue China for the spread of COVID-19. And, experts says it's important to plan now for the day a vaccine becomes available.

Every morning, a group meets inside the U.S. State Department to come up with ways to respond to media around the world. The people in this room are just one part of an effort to repair a major problem: the declining image of the United States overseas.

Our Real Talk with a Doc columnist explains how to push back if your doctor's obsessed with weight loss. And what other health metrics matter more instead.

Florida residents got a first look of the destruction Irma caused as it swept over the state, leaving virtually no area of the peninsula untouched. Some…