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Attorney General Jeff Sessions has ordered a review of all Justice Department agreements with cities about police conduct. He is pictured speaking about crime to local, state and federal law enforcement officials last week in St. Louis.

Justice Department To Review All Civil Rights Agreements On Police Conduct

The order by Attorney General Jeff Sessions and the bid to reassess an agreement in Baltimore may signal that the Trump administration plans to scale back investigations and reopen past deals.

Akilah debate team members (from left) Phylis Kabano, Sonia Rugwiro and Mireille Umutoni prepare to compete in a debate tournament.

Rwanda Ranks In The Top 5 For Gender Equity. Do Its Teen Girls Agree?

The World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Report gives high marks to Rwanda in its country-by-country rundown. An all-female debate team offers their perspective.

Stunning Satellite Images Show A Changing Globe

Google teamed up with the USGS, NASA and TIME magazine to release a stunning cache of satellite images compiled over the past 28 years.

Snap, Crackle, Kale: The Science Of Why Veggies Spark In The Microwave

Online sources suggest cooking vegetables in the microwave for a quick and easy dinner. But microwaving veggies can get a little bit explosive. Who knew kale chips could offer a lesson in physics?

Fake Reviewers Get Zero Stars From New York Attorney General

No doubt most of you reading this post have looked at Yelp or Google+ Local to check the user reviews before you tried that fish store, bakery or even dentist. On occasion, you may have wondered if some of those reviews were too good to be true.

Petra is pictured in this undated photo. She is one of the pit bulls available for adoption through the San Diego Humane Society.

'St. Pitty's Day' Promotion Aims To Find Homes For 100 Pit Bulls

The San Diego Humane Society will offer the adoptions for $17 through Tuesday, which includes a sample bag of dog food and having the dog spayed or neutered, microchipped and vaccinated.

Maurizio Cattelan's America goes on display Friday at the Guggenheim in New York. The artist says it is "one-percent art for the ninety-nine percent."

Behold The Throne: There's A Golden Toilet At The Guggenheim

Museum-goers, prepare for "unprecedented intimacy with a work of art." Starting Friday, visitors will be able to use Maurizio Cattelan's America, a gold-cast, working toilet at the New York museum.

Supreme Court nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch, center, arrives with former New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte on Capitol Hill last week for a meeting with Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn. There are different kinds of conservative judges, from the pragmatist to the originalist. Gorsuch is a self-proclaimed originalist.

Judge Gorsuch's Originalism Contrasts With Mentor's Pragmatism

Neil Gorsuch is a self-proclaimed "originalist." It is a philosophy very different from that of his mentor, Justice Byron White.

Journalists like to report what's new. But what's new in science often turns out not to be true in the long run.

Reports Of Medical Breakthroughs Often Don't Prove Out

Medical breakthroughs that were covered by newspapers were often later disproved by more comprehensive research, a study finds. That's a problem for scientists and journalists.

Donald Trump flashes the thumbs-up as he arrives on stage for the start of the prime time Republican presidential debate on August 6, 2015.

Why 'MAGAnomics' Isn't Likely To Work

Sustained 3 percent growth is a target the U.S. is unlikely to hit, and some Trump policies might even make it less possible.

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