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Just half of parents say schools should start later so teenagers can get more sleep, a survey found. But most of the parents also weren't aware that pediatricians have called for a start of 8:30 a.m.

Ilyasah Shabazz has written a young adult novel based on her father's troubled teenage years, before he became a civil rights activist.

Unauthorized immigrants who entered the U.S. as children and have lived here since 2010 now wait to see what will happen to programs that were designed to temporarily protect them from deportation.

More than a dozen people died during Haiti's celebration of Carnival when a float in the capital, Port au Prince, came in contact with a power line.

Over two years after Superstorm Sandy flooded homes in New Jersey and New York, legal battles still rage over insurance claims to repair damage. But insurance companies aren't playing by the rules.

Here are some of the many powerful essays we've come across in the aftermath of this tragedy.

One person's comfort food is another person's bad memory. For today's Found Recipe, we hear again from chef John Currence.

Two counties remain under a state of emergency after a train carrying oil derailed on Monday. Dozens of residents around Armstrong Creek evacuated after several rail cars caught fire next to a river.

Ebola is especially deadly for children and babies. About 80 percent of those infected have died. But one man knew instinctively that love and affection could make a difference.

Audie Cornish talks to Karoun Demirjian, who is covering the ceasefire in Eastern Ukraine for the Washington Post.