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At 27, Andy Roddick is the youngest American -- male or female -- with a chance of winning Wimbledon. And there's no help in sight, despite a surge in the game's popularity. More than 30 million Americans now play the sport. Why can't any of them be any good?

The two top lawmakers on the Senate Finance Committee are trying to stop private-equity firms from taking advantage of a giant tax loophole. Under the current law, private-equity companies have been able to go public paying a partnership tax rate of 15 percent compared with the corporate tax rate of 35 percent. David Wessel, deputy Washington bureau chief for The Wall Street Journal, talks about the implications of the legislation with Steve Inskeep.

Li Qiang, a close confidant of top leader Xi Jinping, will nominally be in charge of the world's second-largest economy now facing some of its worst prospects in years.

The State Department will not release 37 pages of Clinton emails because they are top secret. The latest turn in the controversy of her private email server comes days before the Iowa caucuses.

The Magnum XL-200 at Ohio's Cedar Point amusement park promises high speeds and fast turns. Thrill-seekers got a little extra excitement when the ride stopped at the top of its signature plunge.

The prime minister of Malta is resigning next month after nearly two weeks of protests over his top aide's alleged complicity in the 2017 murder of a prominent journalist.

A new measure being debated in Ghana that targets LGBTQ+ people is receiving surprising pushback from the country's top Catholic cardinal.

From a classroom in Scranton to the halls of Congress, finding solutions to the national teacher shortage remains a top priority.

A Lycoming County contractor has pleaded guilty to scamming customers. Michael Bloom of Williamsport failed to complete work for elevator installation projects at six residences and one church, according to the state attorney general. Acting AG Michelle Henry said in a statement that Bloom accepted deposits for work totaling $106,860. He did little to no work, refused to offer refunds and may have targeted older Pennsylvanians, the AG said. Five of the six homeowners Bloom defrauded were over 60 years old. Bloom pleaded guilty to seven counts of theft by unlawful taking. The state’s top prosecutor said consumer complaints can be filed at attorneygeneral.gov if you believe you were one of Bloom's victims.

The race became a microcosm for the clashes and pressures on the American legal system this year, in part because one of the two top candidates is the younger brother of Attorney General Pam Bondi.