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Members of the Saddlebrooke Republican Club — former business people, ex-military and government workers who retired to Arizona from all over — watched the presidential hopefuls on TV. They said no candidate stood out as the clear winner but that the top issue this election is jobs.

Ukraine's prosecutor general, Iryna Venediktova, is determined to hold Russian President Vladimir Putin accountable for what she says are war crimes. Reviewing the evidence has taken a toll on her.

More than 40 million Americans care for a loved one at home, providing some $450 billion of care a year, says a new AARP study. Advocates say they're tired, stressed out and at higher risk of health problems themselves — and the problem could get worse as the baby-boom generation enters old age.

Obama spoke at a memorial in Tucson on Wednesday to honor the victims of the slaying in Arizona. Jack White of The Root argues that Obama took the high ground amidst what has turned into a partisan controversy, delivering a touching and Lincoln-esque speech.

Sunday was World Food Day, an event intended to increase awareness of problems with global hunger. This year, a lot of people don't have enough to eat, but the cause is not the shortage of food, it's the price.

Ashley Dias needs lungs. So do lots of other patients. Scarcity is a problem with organ transplants, and, unlike other scarce resources, organs can't be bought or sold. Here's how doctors decide who gets to be at the top of the waiting list.

A gang known to be aligned with Mexico's most-wanted drug lord appears to be making a violent challenge to the dominant cartel and Mexican officials in the Gulf state of Veracruz, dumping 35 bodies on a busy avenue in front of horrified motorists.

In the 1960s, it was hard to form a rock band, especially in New York. With connections, though, you could make it — and that's how one of the most mysterious and legendary New York bands, The Left Banke, came to be.

Scientists have found the gene that drives a virus to kill gypsy moth caterpillars in a particularly gruesome way. The virus forces the caterpillars up to the tops of trees, where they melt and rain down virus onto the leaves below.

Australia's Northern Territory is home to the cunning, powerful and deadly saltwater crocodile — the world's largest. And in the territory's capital, Darwin, the crocodile is both feared and beloved.