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President Obama talks a lot about the importance of STEM, but advocates worry Congress will set back science education with its rewrite of the federal No Child Left Behind law.

The Arch was originally built to honor St. Louis' role in western expansion, and its museum is focused on the experience of white American settlers. Its new museum will include different perspectives.

A resident of East Jerusalem says young Palestinians are increasingly falling into two camps: those who want to leave and those who have nothing to lose.

By voluntarily renouncing his office, Boehner freed himself to do what had to be done. To paraphrase Shakespeare's epitaph for another warrior, nothing in his career became him like the leaving it.

Paul Ryan will officially ask his party to nominate him for speaker of the House on Wednesday. He has secured the support of the most conservative and rebellious members, but can he govern them?

Diners were likely to get duped 67 percent of the time when ordering salmon in restaurants out of season, a survey says. Much of the deception involved farmed salmon passed off as more expensive wild.

The Nation's Report Card came out today, and the news is not good, especially on the math front.

Ryan publicly declined to run for speaker at least three times this year, but then said he relented after pressure from Republican leaders.

IBM is buying The Weather Co.'s digital assets, including Weather.com and Weather Underground. The deal is a bet on big data and cloud computing in forecasting and analyzing weather.

Child marriages don't just happen far away on other continents. They take place in this country as well. And sometimes a judge even approves.