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Teachers across the U.S. are battling challenges on multiple fronts, and it's driving many to leave.

America's kids are going back to school. Not all of their teachers will join them

It's a new school year and Jake Miller is not setting up his classroom in Pennsylvania. He's not getting to know a new group of eighth-graders. After 15 years of teaching, he quit.

Data centers have become integral to a global economy that's powered by digital information. However, many of the facilities depend on water to keep from overheating. That is further straining water resources in places like California, where Lake Oroville is almost dry due to severe drought that's being fueled by climate change.

Data centers, backbone of the digital economy, face water scarcity and climate risk

About 20% of data centers in the United States already rely on watersheds that are under moderate to high stress from drought and other factors. However, few companies are talking about the issue.

Boston Children's Hospital said it had received "threats of violence toward our clinicians and staff" after false claims were made online that the hospital provides genital surgeries to minors.

Children's hospitals are the latest target of anti-LGBTQ harassment

The harassment campaigns are organized online, raising questions about what role social media platforms should play in preventing abuse.

A prototype of the "In God We Trust" poster written in Arabic created by Chaz Stevens.

An activist plans to test Texas' 'In God We Trust' law with signs in Arabic

A law requires schools to display signs with "In God We Trust" on them if they are donated, but it doesn't mention a required language.

Gold miners discovered the mummified Steppe Bison now called "Blue Babe." Researchers believe it is more than 55,000 years old. Unfortunately, radiocarbon dating tools can't measure any further back that.

An ice-age bison was discovered! Then soon eaten — once the foul taste was smothered

Shortly after researchers unearthed the mummified body of a 55,000-year-old Steppe bison in the Alaskan tundra, they sliced off a piece of its neck. To eat!

The main entrance to the campus of the Darul Uloom seminary in Deoband, India, where the Deobandi strain of Islam was founded in the 19th century. Among its more recent adherents are the Taliban.

The Taliban's Ideology Has Surprising Roots In British-Ruled India

The Taliban's ideology has distant links to India. Scholars say Afghanistan's new leaders might listen to clerics in the birthplace of Deobandi Islam, though the clerics deny ties with the Taliban.

Quarterback Len Dawson #16 of the Kansas City Chiefs drops back to pass against the Oakland Raiders during an early circa 1970's NFL football game at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo.

Len Dawson, Kansas City Chiefs quarterback and broadcasting legend, dies at 87

The quarterback won Super Bowl IV with the Kansas City Chiefs and had a long career in television and radio. He is one of three in the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a player and a broadcaster.

The SolDias ice cream stores in the Dallas-Fort Worth area noticed some customers were downsizing their orders this summer. The chain is exploring ways to cut costs to keep prices in reach.

These are some of the ways inflation is changing Americans' spending habits

From Walmart to the neighborhood supermarket, retailers across the country are having to adjust as Americans watch their pennies in the face of high inflation.

Jean-Marc Vallée, director of 'Dallas Buyers Club' and 'Big Little Lies,' dies at 58

The director, born in Montreal, was known for his naturalistic approach to filmmaking and for working with strong female leads.

Surgical instruments used in a kidney transplant in 2016. The agency that oversees organ allocation, the United Network for Organ Sharing, is under scrutiny after a report documented loss and waste of donated organs, often because of problems transporting the organs.

Transplant agency is criticized for donor organs arriving late, damaged or diseased

A probe found troubling lapses in the country's organ transplant system. Blood types mismatched, diseased organs accidentally transplanted and donor organs lost or damaged in transit.

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