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Lucy Flores was among the first endorsements Sanders made earlier this year, and his fundraising plea helped the former Nevada legislator raise over $600,000 for her competitive Democratic primary.

A study adds to evidence that it's a matter of blood and genes. "Hopefully, there will be huge medical implications," says one researcher.

After the death of a student, Penn State's Board of Trustees approved a series of new initiatives designed to change how the school's fraternities and sororities are regulated.

The 14th century Persian poet Hafez remains venerated in Iran, even though he wrote of wine, romance and other topics not necessarily welcome in today's Islamic Republic.

We asked the students in Marlem Diaz-Brown's class in Miami to tell the story of their "amazing" teacher.

At a Senate hearing investigating extrajudicial killings, a man alleged President Rodrigo Duterte ordered death squad killings — and once pulled the trigger. It's all a lie, government officials say.

Donna Edwards is vying to be just the second black woman ever elected to the Senate. But not all of the state's black female leaders or African-American members of Congress are lining up behind her.

The conventional wisdom is that it takes 15 minutes of close contact to a contagious person to put you at risk. But even a short exposure could prove problematic.

Roughly 90 percent of elected officials in the United States are white. The Black Campaign School is trying to change those statistics by investing in a new generation of black politicians.

The 116th Congress has 127 female members — 102 of them in the House. That's far more than the previous record, but it also is far from gender parity.