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Defense Secretary Austin approved recommendations aimed at preventing similar future tragedies. But the troops involved in the strike that killed 10 people, including 7 children, are off the hook.

David Remnick has a nearly impossible task in his new biography of Barack Obama: writing "the most complete account yet" of the most famous man on the planet. The well-written and well-researched book may be ahead of its time; the events in it are so familiar right now that its scholarship may resonate better in 20 years.

Jan. 1 is the day the extra financial help to buy Affordable Care Act health insurance goes away.

Washington, D.C., is the latest city to consider banning businesses from rejecting cash. Opponents of cashless stores say they discriminate against low-income, homeless and undocumented people.

These homeowners are eligible for federal help, but a new report finds that FEMA often fails to provide that assistance.

While local news broadcasts have been dominated by images of people flocking to stores, many low-income residents can't afford to stock up on supplies or drive out of town.

Reducing food waste is complicated, but the clearest success story may be the United Kingdom, where households cut the amount of food they wasted by about 20 percent.

Thomas Day was a successful North Carolina furniture builder and woodworker in the decades before the Civil War. He was also of mixed-race heritage — and he appears to have owned slaves. A new book and exhibition tell his story.

In the boldest move yet by new CEO Marissa Mayer, Yahoo will buy the blogging site Tumblr for $1.1 billion. The move is a bet that Tumblr's large community of users is a source of potential profits. While Tumblr is a fast-growing startup, it has not generated significant revenue.

DIslodged by COVID early in the pandemic, tuberculosis is once again the infectious disease that takes the most lives each year. And the number of cases set a new record. What's going on?