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George Filenko, commander of the Lake County Major Task Force, left, and Chris Covelli with the Lake County Sheriff's Department talk during a news conference at the Fox Lake Police Station, on Sept. 2, 2015 in Fox Lake, Ill.

More Questions Than Answers After Probe Finds Ill. Officer Shot Himself

An expensive manhunt and long investigation ends with a finding of an elaborately staged suicide and accusations of embezzlement, shocking Lt. Charles Gliniewicz's Fox Lake neighbors.

Los Angeles Dodgers' Matt Kemp, left, hits an RBI-single against the St. Louis Cardinals during the fourth inning of Game 1 of baseball's NL Division Series in Los Angeles, Oct. 3, 2014.

Padres, Dodgers Finalize Kemp Trade

The Padres' obligation of $75 million to Kemp over five years becomes the biggest deal in club history.

Close Listening: How Sound Reveals The Invisible

The stethoscope seems so simple — a 19th century tool for listening more closely to the human heart or lungs. It also sparked a culture of listening that is transforming the way scientists learn.

Mimi Hughes, right, and her daughter Kelsey, at the start of Mimi's swim down the 1,777 mile Danube River. Kelsey kayaked alongside her mother down the length of the river providing support.

Swimming The 1,777-Mile Danube River For A Good Cause

Mimi Hughes has embarked on a number of marathon swims, including the Tennessee, Ohio and — most-challenging — Danube rivers for social and environmental causes.

Officers Ned Bandoske (left) and Ernest Stevens are part of San Antonio's mental health squad — a six-person unit that answers the frequent emergency calls where mental illness may play a role.

Mental Health Cops Help Reweave Social Safety Net In San Antonio

Across the U.S., jails hold many more people with serious mental illness than state hospitals do. San Antonio is reweaving its safety net for the mentally ill — and saving $10 million annually.

This graph shows an overall decline in Border Patrol apprehensions between the 2000s and 2010.

Effort To ID John Doe On Life Support In San Diego County May Pay Off

An unlikely alliance of elected officials, border enforcement, the Mexican Consulate and others have banded together to find the true identity of a John Doe on life support.

Coding Class, Then Naptime: Computer Science For The Kindergarten Set

New software introduces programming skills to pre-readers. Is this 21st century literacy? Or too much, too soon?

Learning To Code In Preschool

New software introduces programming skills to pre-readers. Is this 21st century literacy? Or too much, too soon?

Paper can make the abstract tangible in a way that digital devices don't.

In A Digital Chapter, Paper Notebooks Are As Relevant As Ever

Is paper just a curiosity of the nostalgic? It turns out that digital natives think paper works in tandem with our devices. Research agrees that old-school note taking offers benefits a screen can't.

Abdul-Rahman Kassig, who was formerly known as Peter, is shown with a truck filled with aid supplies for Syrian refugees. The American aid worker was seized by the Islamic State in October 2013 and the group is now threatening to kill him.

For A U.S. Hostage Facing Death, Syria Meant A New Life

Abdul-Rahman Kassig went to Iraq as a U.S. soldier and returned to the Middle East to establish his own aid mission. Now he's a captive of the Islamic State in Syria, which is threatening to kill him.

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