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Mourners carry the coffin of Otto Warmbier after his funeral Thursday. The funeral was held at Wyoming High School, outside Cincinnati.

Mourners Remember Otto Warmbier At Hometown Funeral

The 22-year-old university student died Monday, after returning from North Korea in a coma.

Protesters attempt to cover a statue of Ku Klux Klan leader Nathan Bedford Forrest at Health Sciences Park in Memphis, Tenn., in August 2017. The statue was removed in December.

Where Do Confederate Monuments Go After They Come Down?

As the first anniversary of the Charlottesville protest nears, cities like Memphis are wrestling with what to do with the controversial statues once they've been taken down.

Traffic crawls on the northbound lanes of the Henry Hudson Parkway leading out of Manhattan on Friday.

5 Reasons It Could Feel Like You're Traveling Without Moving This Summer

Memorial Day weekend kicks off the start of the summer vacation season, and this year gas is up and plane tickets are slightly cheaper. Here's what else you need to know if you're planning a getaway.

Amazon hopes to start delivering more Prime packages to lower-income customers by cutting the monthly fee for qualifying shoppers.

Amazon Lowers Prime Membership Rate For Low-Income Customers

Amazon and Walmart are in a battle for low-income shoppers. Now Amazon is cutting the $10.99 monthly rate on its Prime membership to $5.99 for people who receive government assistance.

Supporters of FC Bayern Munich celebrate the club's 25th Bundesliga title in Munich on May 24, 2015.

Professional Soccer Sets Welcoming Tone For Refugees In Germany

Last week, Bundesliga fans brought welcome banners to stadiums. Now soccer giant FC Bayern Munich is following suit, opening its heart and wallet to help refugees adjust to life in Germany.

A Pakistani man and boy walk through floodwaters on Aug. 22, 2010, in the village of Baseera in Punjab.

The Hidden Toll Of Floods

It's not just homes and crops. A new study out of Pakistan suggests that long after the waters have receded, people's hopes and dreams are profoundly affected.

Embroidery thread, a picture of the baby Jesus and gold coins are some of the objects people took with them as they fled their homes.

What They Took With Them As They Fled Conflicts

As people escape from turmoil around the world, they often can carry only a few items with them. In hindsight these objects are often precious reminders of the lives they left behind.

Workers assemble shoes in September 2016 on a production line at the Huajian shoe factory, where about 100,000 pairs of Ivanka Trump-branded shoes have been made over the years among other brands, in Dongguan, in south China's Guangdong province. Three activists investigating labor practices at the factory recently disappeared.

Already Under Pressure, Ivanka Trump's Brand Faces A New Challenge

The disappearance of three activists at a Chinese factory that makes Ivanka's products is the kind of scandal companies like to avoid.

A Chinese worker is seen at a construction site in Beijing. Economic changes in China and in other places have reduced demand and prices for commodities like the metal in the building's structure.

Drawing A Line From The Chinese Stock Market To Your Wallet

U.S. commodities — copper, corn, coal and more — are cheaper because of China's economic cooling. Producers got caught up in China's "teaser" demand for more of everything. It couldn't last.

Signs warn drivers of icy road conditions on Interstate 66 in Fairfax County, Va., in March 2014. The state's Department of Transportation recently added rush hour tolls to the road, using dynamic pricing, which continuously adjusts the cost based on congestion.

Are $40 Toll Roads The Future?

In Virginia, officials hope a shift to toll pricing based on demand and traffic flow will change commuter behavior and reduce congestion on Interstate 66. Critics say the cost is too high.

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