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United Nations member states pledged Friday to eliminate extreme poverty by 2030. That's defined as surviving on $1.25 per person per day. What is life really like on that amount?

"Our paths haven't crossed — we've beaten a path towards each other," says playwright David Hare. "Bill is my favorite leading man." Nighy is now starring in a revival of Hare's Skylight on Broadway.

The high-end retailer settled a nine-month investigation by the New York state attorney general's office by agreeing to hire an independent expert on preventing racial profiling.

New research from UC San Diego finds there’s no safe combination of drinking and driving.

Escuela Nueva (New School) isn't really new. But it is being praised as a kind of cutting-edge model that can teach the skills needed for jobs that robots can't do.

A recent sociological experiment conducted by researchers from UC San Diego is casting doubt on one of the most widely-accepted gender differences - men's inherent superiority in spatial ability.

Simon Tam, the founder and bassist of The Slants, has spent six years trying to register his group's name. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office says the name disparages Asians.

The comic teamed up with a sociologist to write an overview of dating and relationships. His book explains online dating's paradox of choice and how we're all like a song by hip-hop artist Flo Rida.

The complaints accuse agents of kicking a pregnant woman, stomping on a man, and physically forcing a minor to sign a document. A small fraction resulted in disciplinary action.

Can year-round school spell the end of the "summer slide" for disadvantaged kids?