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A woman participates in the final phase of U.S. Army Ranger training, taking place in the hot humid swamps of the Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., earlier this year. For the first time, two women completed the training, the military announced Monday.

For The First Time, Women Will Graduate From Army's Rigorous Ranger School

This was the first class to allow women in more than six decades of Ranger training. NPR's Tom Bowman notes that 19 women started the course and two are graduating.

In Texas, Uneven Expansion Of Obamacare Sows Frustration

Despite the rollout of the Affordable Care Act, Texas still has 6 million uninsured people, low Medicaid reimbursement rates and narrow choices of doctors and hospitals for many who are insured.

A Hidden — But Quietly Influential — Life In 'Rosemary'

Rosemary was the lost Kennedy daughter; disabled from birth, she was left profoundly damaged after a lobotomy at the age of 23. But she had a lasting influence on her family's charitable projects.

As The Number Of Homeless Students Soars, How Schools Can Serve Them Better

Finding homeless students is a challenge, as are resources and red tape. The new federal education law includes new mandates and some extra money to assist districts in helping more students.

Stephanie Thompson stocks her Little Free Library on Sheldon Avenue for the first time, December 2014.

Here Are Some Awesome Little Free Libraries In San Diego

Maybe you've spotted them in your neighborhood: tiny boxes that contain books for anyone to take. From a Pokémon GO stop to a mini-ghost town schoolhouse, here are some of the best ones we've seen around.

An image of Chris Mintz recovering in the hospital was posted online by his cousin. Mintz is being called a hero for trying to block a gunman from reaching his classmates at Umpqua Community College.

Army Veteran Praised As A Hero In Oregon College Shooting

"I just hope that everyone else is OK," Chris Mintz tells ABC News. "I'm just worried about everyone else."

A Crisis With Scant Data: States Move To Count Drug-Dependent Babies

Getting good information is critical to figuring out where resources need to go to treat newborns dependent on opioids. Pennsylvania relies on old and incomplete statistics, but that may be changing.

Syrian refugees hang out at the Elbeyli Refugee Camp in southern Turkey, near the border with Syria. Turkey has absorbed 2.6 million Syrian refugees in recent years, but has recently closed its borders despite tens of thousands of Syrians who are trying to flee their homeland.

The Syrians Keep Fleeing, But Now They Hit Turkey's Closed Border

Recent fighting in northern Syria has been pushing more and more civilians to seek shelter elsewhere. But neighboring Turkey, already burdened with 2.6 million refugees, has locked down its border.

In Joshua Oppenheimer's documentary The Look of Silence, an Indonesian optometrist offers forgiveness to his older brother's killers — if they'll admit to the deed.

Confronting His Brother's Killers — And Vying For An Oscar

Adi, an optometrist in Indonesia, offers forgiveness — if they'll admit to what they did during the massacre of the mid-1960s. That's the story that unfolds in the documentary The Look Of Silence.

In Animated, Oscar-Nominated Doc, A Man Turns His Brother In For Murder

Last Day of Freedom uses more than 30,000 hand-drawn images to tell the story of Bill and Manny Babbitt. The film raises questions about trust, family, mental illness and the criminal justice system.

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