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U.S. Paralympic snowboarder and inventor Mike Schultz in his St. Cloud, Minn., office, showing off the prosthetic sports leg he invented in 2009. The Moto Knee costs about $6,000; the Versa Foot is around $2,400. It's estimated 30 athletes will use the devices at the Paralympics in South Korea.

For 1 U.S. Snowboarder, Helping Fellow Paralympians Is As Vital As Medaling

Mike Schultz lost his leg in 2008. Since then, he created a successful business making prosthetic legs and learned to snowboard so well that he's about to compete in the 2018 Winter Paralympics.

Mind In The Natural World: Can Physics Explain It?

Philosopher Alva Noë discusses what he calls Carlo Rovelli's "readable bestseller" Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, newly translated into English from its original Italian.

A front page story in the newspaper Roll Call reported that staffers had accused then-Rep. Jim Bates (D-Calif.) of sexual harassment. The article was published on Oct. 2, 1988, a month before Bates would win re-election.

Lawmakers' Sexual Harassment In The Spotlight, After Decades Of Allegations

San Diego Rep. Jim Bates was the first congressman to be reprimanded by the House Ethics Committee for sexual harassment, back in 1989.

Retired truck driver Frank Rivera, 63, prays at the grotto of the Sacred Heart in the courtyard of St. Alexis Catholic Church, Bensenville, Ill. About half of Bensenville's residents are Latino, many of whom were born here or came to the U.S. decades ago and are U.S. citizens.

Anxiety Grows Over Anti-Immigrant Actions: 'We Feel They Are After Us'

Many immigrant families say they are more anxious and fearful than ever that even those here legally may be rounded up and deported. Many Hispanic Americans in particular are living on edge.

Residences were leveled by the wildfire in Paradise, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018.

California Races To Predict Which Town Could Be Next To Burn

Impoverished towns in the shadow of Mount Shasta. Rustic Gold Rush cities in the Sierra Nevada foothills. High-dollar resort communities on the shores of Lake Tahoe. Ritzy Los Angeles County suburbs. They all could be the next Paradise.

Pope Francis shakes hands with Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi as they meet at Naypyitaw's presidential palace in Myanmar on Tuesday.

In Myanmar, Pope Calls For Unity And Tolerance, But Doesn't Mention Rohingya

Francis, on a visit to the Southeast Asian country, was advised against talking specifically about the persecuted Muslim minority for fear of causing a backlash against Myanmar's Christians.

In his weekly audience, Pope Francis called for followers to put down their cellphones during Mass, and be more engaged in the Eucharist. The pontiff is pictured here arriving in the Vatican's St. Peter's Square last year.

A Request From The Pope: Lift Up Your Hearts, Put Down Your Phones

"It pains me greatly, when I celebrate Mass here in the square or in the basilica, to see so many cellphones raised," said the pontiff. He noted that priests and bishops do it, too.

A report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine says that abortion is safe but that "abortion specific regulations in many states create barriers to safe and effective care."

Landmark Report Concludes Abortion In U.S. Is Safe

The report says many state laws that make it harder for women to get abortions don't have a medical purpose and can make outcomes worse.

According to family lawyers, scorned spouses are increasingly turning to GPS trackers and cheap spyware apps to watch an ex.

I Know Where You've Been: Digital Spying And Divorce In The Smartphone Age

Breaking up is hard to do, and spy tools are making it even harder. According to family lawyers, scorned spouses are increasingly turning to GPS trackers and cheap spyware apps to watch an ex.

Analysis is limited to facilities that had caseloads of 400 abortions or more per year and those affiliated with Planned Parenthood that performed at least one abortion in the period of analysis.

Landmark Report Concludes Abortion In U.S. Is Safe

The report says many state laws that make it harder for women to get abortions don't have a medical purpose and can make outcomes worse.

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