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Osama bin Laden wrote in a will that he had a fortune of about $29 million and that he wanted it spent "on Jihad." The will was among more than 100 bin Laden documents released Tuesday by the U.S. government.

Osama Bin Laden's Will: $29 Million That Should Be Spent On 'Jihad'

A new batch of documents reveals the tension between his desire to micromanage al-Qaida's day-to-day operations and his fears he might be detected and killed by sending out directives.

Provocative Book Explores The Connection Between Loneliness And Art

Olivia Laing surveys the landscape of urban alienation in her new book, a work that is part-memoir and part-criticism. Critic Maureen Corrigan says The Lonely City is "absolutely one of a kind."

French, Spanish, German ... Java? Making Coding Count As A Foreign Language

Florida is poised to become the first state to allow high school students to take computer coding as a way to meet a language requirement.

A bumblebee gathers pollen from a cherry blossom in a garden outside Moscow.

Is Nutritious Food In Peril, Along With Pollinators?

A U.N.-sponsored report warns that disappearing pollinators, such as bees, could cut production of healthful foods like fruits and nuts. But the degree of damage is mostly a matter of speculation.

Reemas al-Abdullah, 5, wrapped herself in a Canadian flag before a dinner hosted by Friends of Syria at the Toronto Port Authority in December.

Canada Says It Has Met Its Goal Of Resettling 25,000 Syrian Refugees

Canada reached the milestone number less than four months after it started accepting Syrian refugees. The initiative was a campaign promise by newly elected Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Noooo. But you can blame Mom and Dad for that gray hair, at least some of the time.

This Gene Could Turn Your Hair Gray

Is stress turning your hair gray? Your ancestors may have something to do with it, too. Scientists say they've found the first genetic variant associated with going gray.

Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones performs live on stage at Morumbi Stadium last month in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Rolling Stones Announce Landmark Concert In Cuba

The open-air show on March 25 will be free. The concert is scheduled just three days after President Obama is set to visit Cuba.

George Gershwin's beloved <em>An American In Paris</em> features the sounds of taxi horns — but a musicologist argues we've been using the wrong ones.

Has 'An American In Paris' Been Honking Up The Wrong Key?

The composition is so popular that old-timey taxi horns Gershwin called for are rented by orchestras all over the country. But a musicologist says they've been using the wrong ones.

In recent years, a pesticide called flubendiamide has been used on about 14 percent of the nation's almonds, peppers and watermelons. Now the FDA wants to revoke the chemical's conditional approval.

In An Unusual Move, The EPA Tries To Pull A Pesticide From Market

The pesticide got "conditional" approval eight years ago, but the EPA now says it could poison aquatic life. The move is raising hope among activists who want tighter regulation of pesticides.

New York's Utica City School District is facing two lawsuits in federal court that say it discriminated against refugee students and did not let them enroll at Thomas R. Proctor High School, shown here.

Refugees Say N.Y. School District Blocked Them From Going To High School

Utica City School District is facing two federal lawsuits that say it is illegally diverting refugees away from its high school, instead funneling them to other programs, mainly to learn English.

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