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After the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, life changed along U.S.-Mexico border towns as border security became a top priority. There's been a thaw, and runners again ran a 10K between El Paso and Juarez.

Teachers and high school students across the country are invited to use the StoryCorps app to preserve the voices and stories of an entire generation of Americans over a single holiday weekend.

NFL Football Hall of Famer and long-time sports broadcaster Frank Gifford died on Sunday at his Connecticut home at age 84. He was married to talk show host Kathie Lee Gifford.

On Sunday, Ferguson, Mo., marked 1 year since the shooting death of Michael Brown by a police officer. Later there were 2 incidents in which shots were fired — a man was critically wounded.

School-based urban gardens can have a measurable positive impact on kids — from improving their diets to helping boost engagement with academics.

Many Chicago residents recently received a piece of mail criticizing their state legislator. That's a routine part of politics, but these flyers are...

A mysterious fungus is threatening to wipe out some isolated populations of rare rattlesnakes. In Illinois, the fungus infects about 15 percent of eastern…

It's mostly elderly men — chatting daily about their grandchildren, boats and weekend trips. Here's an example: "Hi Mel, Have a good lunch. Weather still cool and variable."

38-year-old British dancer Jonathan Ollivier was killed on Sunday, hours before a scheduled performance.

Crew members on the International Space Station on Monday sampled red romaine lettuce, the first food to be grown and eaten in space.