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The new federal education law requires states to measure "student success or school quality." A new paper argues that they should report the number of kids who miss a lot of school.

Former top aide Bridget Kelly and onetime Port Authority Deputy Executive Director Bill Baroni have been found guilty of all counts against them related to the Bridgegate scandal.

Sharbat Gula, known for her piercing green eyes and arresting stare, has spent most of her life living outside Afghanistan. Now a judge has ordered her to return there.

Shirley Collins was a huge part of the British folk scene — but for a time, heartbreak silenced her voice. We talk with her and The Decemberists' Colin Meloy, who's captivated by Collins' music.

A former associate dean at the University of Virginia sued over her portrayal in a 2014 Rolling Stone article about an alleged gang rape at a fraternity party. The article was retracted.

"Music can be a real guiding light towards empathy, and I can't think of any better prescription," DiDonato says. The opera star's latest album turns to Baroque arias to address present-day conflict.

The Clinton campaign now admits it has been deliberately trying to get Donald Trump to personally react to its TV ads.

The new book The Distracted Mind: Ancient Brains In A High-Tech World makes the case for managing the tsunami of digital distractions to aid how we learn, absorb information and live.

After Collins' husband left her, her throat locked. Now, the 81-year-old British folk singer is back with her first album in 38 years.

Revelers drink, dance and listen to music in the Syrian capital's Old City bars. "No one talks about the war anymore," a bartender says. "We got used to it."