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Detroit Teacher 'Sickouts' Close Schools Again

The latest instance of public school teachers calling in sick en masse comes a day after Gov. Rick Snyder's State of the State address, in which he did not directly mention poor school conditions.

Students at Doherty Middle School in Andover, Mass., choose items from the salad bar in the school cafeteria, June 2012. Among other things, a Senate compromise on school nutrition standards calls for the USDA and the CDC to establish new guidance that would encourage the use of salad bars.

Food Fight Fizzles As Senate Nears Compromise on School Nutrition Rules

The deal OK'd by a key Senate panel preserves stricter school nutrition standards enacted since 2010, but it gives schools more leeway in implementing them. It also calls for encouraging salad bars.

Dr. Hans Asperger with a young boy at the Children's Clinic at the University of Vienna in the 1930s.

Was Dr. Asperger A Nazi? The Question Still Haunts Autism

Hans Asperger identified autism as a spectrum of disorders in the 1930s, but his work was ignored for decades because he went on to work under the Nazis. Research and treatment suffered as a result.

San Diego Mayor Bob Filner on the set of KPBS Evening Edition, February 2013.

Former San Diego Mayor Bob Filner Breaks His Silence

In an interview with online news organization Voice of San Diego, Bob Filner said he never sexually harassed anyone.

U.S. troops from the 82nd Airborne receive rifles in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, in 1982. For decades, U.S. troops have been part of the multinational peacekeeping force in the Sinai Peninsula designed to ensure the peace treaty between Israel and Egypt. While the accord has held, extremists linked to ISIS now operate in the Sinai and are considered a threat to the Americans.

A Place Where U.S. Troops Are Very Close To ISIS

U.S. peacekeeping troops have been based for decades in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, where the greatest danger was often sunburn. But with extremists now nearby, the mission has become far riskier.

To Be Young, 'Gifted' And Black, It Helps To Have A Black Teacher

A new study finds black students are half as likely as white students to be assigned to a gifted program. Unless their teacher looks like them.

Report: San Diego's Economy To Remain Sluggish

San Diego's economy should remain sluggish this year, hurt by the impact of a slowing national economy, according to a forecast scheduled to be released Wednesday by the National University System Institute for Policy Research.

A young immigration activist holds a sign reading "It's in your hands Mr. President" during a rally calling on President Obama to suspend deportations in 2013.

Supreme Court To Review If Obama Immigration Actions Were 'Faithfully Executed'

The court said Tuesday it would rule by summer on the legality of President Obama's executive action granting temporary legal status to as many as 4.5 million people who entered the U.S. illegally.

David Koch speaks at the Defending the American Dream summit in 2015. He and his brother Charles lead a conservative political network that plans to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on the 2016 elections.

'Hidden History' Of Koch Brothers Traces Their Childhood And Political Rise

Jane Mayer, author of Dark Money, says the Kochs didn't grow up in "the usual cozy, all-American family." Their parents were away much of the time, and competition between the brothers was fierce.

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin announces her endorsement of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in Ames, Iowa, on Tuesday.

Sarah Palin Endorses Donald Trump

The Tea Party favorite is endorsing the GOP real estate magnate and reality TV star in a blow to a surging Texas Sen. Ted Cruz.

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