Search results for

Economist and author Tyler Cowen worries that Americans' desire to keep changing has gone away. "The forward march of progress," he says, "is not the main story today."

The people working on farms and elsewhere in agriculture often don't reflect the nation's demographics. Changing that is becoming a priority, in hopes that new people will bring fresh ideas.

Members of the European Parliament voted to strip the French far-right presidential candidate of immunity from prosecution. She is being investigated for posting images of violence by members of ISIS.

Getting people to change their health behaviors is hard. A cancer diagnosis may increase motivation to reduce risk, but it doesn't necessarily make the change easier.

The retired neurosurgeon's nomination raised eyebrows, given his lack of experience in the field, but the Senate voted 58-41 to confirm him.

Citing both difficulties in recruitment and tensions with Russia in the Baltic region, Swedish officials plan to institute gender-neutral conscription among young people beginning in 2018.

A GOP superPAC is going after a 30-year-old Georgia Democrat in a House special election using footage of him dressing up as Han Solo as part of a college a capella group parody.

Host Nora McInerny isn't interested in small talk. When someone asks "How are you?" is the answer really "I'm fine"? Her show explores death, loss and trauma — and yet somehow is still full of laughs.

When the president took action to block U.S. foreign aid funding of groups linked to abortion, a Dutch government official started fundraising.

Republicans in Congress were invited Thursday to view a draft of the House bill aimed at repealing and replacing Obamacare. But Democrats who wanted a look came up empty in a game of "find the bill."