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The debate about sustainable diets has focused on meat production, which requires lots of land and water to grow grain to feed livestock. It also contributes to methane emissions. But the Cabinet secretaries with final authority say the 2015 dietary guidelines won't include sustainability goals.

New Dietary Guidelines Will Not Include Sustainability Goal

A government-appointed panel wanted the federal government's 2015 nutrition advice to consider a food's environmental impact. But the Cabinet secretaries with final authority say it won't happen.

Civil rights activist Myrlie Evers-Williams speaks during the memorial service for the late civil rights leader Julian Bond, who succeeded her as leader of the NAACP, on Tuesday at the Lincoln Theater in Washington.

Civil Rights Luminaries Remember Julian Bond As A Dogged Advocate

Friends, family and colleagues recounted the human rights contributions of the late Julian Bond at a memorial service Tuesday for the former NAACP chairman. Bond died in August after a brief illness.

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray, center, participates in a panel discussion in March. His agency is considering banning financial companies from routinely requiring consumers to sign away the right to sue.

Feds May Order Financial Firms To Allow Class Action Lawsuits

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is considering a rule that would prohibit consumer credit firms from requiring customers to sign away their right to sue.

When Social Media Fuels Gang Violence

Young people, often rival gang members, have increasingly used Facebook, YouTube and Twitter to threaten each other. The practice is called "cyber banging" and it's led to fights and even death.

3 Scientists Win 2015 Nobel Chemistry Prize

The work of Tomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich and Aziz Sancar details how cells repair damaged DNA and preserve genes.

Vice President Joe Biden is still contemplating getting into the presidential race, but he's getting a nudge with an ad from a group supporting him.

'Draft Biden' Group Launches Emotional Ad Urging VP To Run

Vice President Joe Biden is still weighing whether to run for president. But a superPAC trying to draft him is upping the ante with a TV ad set to run around the time of the first Democratic debate.

Suzane Nazir uses a Princeton Review SAT preparation book to study for the test on March 6, 2014, in Pembroke Pines, Fla.

Surprisingly Few Urban High School Students Take The ACT Or SAT

In 30 out of 50 cities studied in a wide-ranging new report, the rate is less than 15 percent. But the majority of four-year institutions in the U.S. still require students to take one or the other.

Harvard Team Loses To Debaters From New York Prison

The inmates are part of a Bard College debating program. Though the prison team didn't agree with their topic, they came up with an argument that stumped the Harvard team.

SAB Miller, the world's second largest beer brewer, has rejected a $104 billion takeover offer. Here, one of the company's trucks leaves the Newlands Brewery in Cape Town.

Beer Giant SABMiller Rejects $104 Billion Takeover Bid From AB InBev

"AB InBev is very substantially undervaluing SABMiller," says the chairman of SABMiller, Jan du Plessis.

A bus carrying deportees arrives at El Edén center in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. The center receives Hondurans bused home after being intercepted in Mexico on their trek to the U.S. Mexico stepped up its deportation efforts after a wave of Central American migrants traveled through Mexico and reached the U.S. last year.

For Many Central American Migrants, U.S. Border Is Now Beyond Reach

The wave of migrants trying to reach the U.S. hasn't stopped, but in a major change, Mexico is rounding them up and sending them home before they reach the U.S. border.

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