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A network of schools, serving English language learners and recent immigrants, is helping students succeed academically and emotionally, too.

We often think that our decisions are our own. But Behavioral Economist Dan Ariely explains how our environment — even something as simple as how a question is framed — can affect what we choose.

One choice isn't always better than the other. Philosopher Ruth Chang says, once we realize that, it's easier to embrace the hard work of decision-making.

The facility near Guatemala City is meant to house only 500 youths — but authorities said at least 800 were living there at the time of the fire.

Two people are dead in demonstrations following a historic ruling in South Korea to oust President Park Geun-hye.

A straight-laced live BBC interview about South Korea Friday turned into a viral video sensation when the interviewee's children burst into the room.

A jury in Oregon has reached a verdict in the trail of a second group of armed occupiers of a federal wildlife refuge.

The international terrorist is accused of tossing a hand grenade into a Paris shopping mall, killing two people and injuring dozens more.

Leonardo Padura's new novel opens in 1939, when a ship carrying Jewish refugees is turned away from Cuba. Critic Maureen Corrigan says Heretics "spans and defies literary categories."

Technology is designed to be addictive, offering gratification that's similar to that of drug abuse or gambling. Author Adam Alter says a new frontier could soon provide another escape from reality.