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Scientists and food activists are launching a campaign to promote seeds that can be freely shared, rather than protected through patents and licenses. They call it the Open Source Seed Initiative.

NPR Ed takes on the question that has long divided parents and experts alike.

In a draft report, Customs and Border Protection staff found that agents and officers shouldn't be required to wear body cameras. But the agency said the report doesn't reflect conclusions of the CBP leadership.

Distractions — especially talking with passengers and using cellphones — play a far greater role in car crashes involving teen drivers than has been previously understood, according to compelling new evidence cited by safety researchers.

Opened in 1865, Chicago's Union Stock Yard was the greatest livestock market the world had seen. Tourists watched masses of animals move through kill floors, a sight hailed as a miracle of modernity.

County authorities said the upgraded app for Apple and Android mobile devices will have more features for emergency planning.

A high-profile honor killing has led to calls for stronger laws. But a gang-rape victim who's spent 14 years fighting for justice says laws are undercut by ages-old feudal traditions against women.

Casey Coombs was one of a number of Americans being held in Yemen, according to the U.S. State Department.

The project would add one express lane in each direction from Interstate 5 to Interstate 805 in San Diego. It is currently in the environmental review process.

Some applauded the president's speech at the historic black university as a break from "respectability politics" that demean African-Americans. Other saw it as more of the same.