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The shipwreck off the Italian coast has drawn attention to the thousands of asylum-seekers who try to enter Europe by boat each year. The case has led to calls for a Mediterranean-wide search and rescue mission to intercept boats carrying migrants.

Critics say President Trump constrained the Civil Rights Division from being as effective as it should. Business could look very different under the new incoming administration.

College towns depend on business from the students that attend the school. In places like Ann Arbor, Mich., residents are nervous about returning students bringing the coronavirus with them.

Seven Democratic presidential candidates will take part in the eighth debate of the 2020 election — hosted by ABC News, Apple News and WMUR-TV.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has issued a statement Friday, condemning racism and saying the football league was wrong for not listening to its players' concerns about racism and police brutality.

In Alabama, voters head to the polls Tuesday in a primary for U.S. Senate. The race is to fill a seat long occupied by Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

Many parents of students with disabilities don't know that if they use a voucher to leave public school, they're often leaving federal protections, too. A new GAO report says someone should tell them.

The CIA director faces a narrow path through a closely divided Senate, but Republicans are confident he has the votes to win confirmation on the floor later this week.

Plus hurricane relief, science help for preschoolers and more, in our weekly education news roundup.

The Democratic Socialists of America have gotten new visibility with the primary victory of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in New York. They're benefiting as energy on the political left grows.