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Eleanor Cole, Ph.D., demonstrates the treatment on trial participant Deirdre Lehman in May 2019 at the Stanford Brain Stimulation Lab.

An experimental depression treatment uses electric currents to bring relief

The remedy is a new type of transcranial magnetic stimulation that's showing good results in just five days of treatment. For some patients, it's life-changing.

Two women sit, with their faces covered, at a drug treatment center in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Women And Children Are The Emerging Face Of Drug Addiction In Afghanistan

A growing number of women and children are becoming entangled in drugs as the country's number of addicts aggressively grows.

Hard Choices: Do Libraries Really Destroy Books?

Libraries have limited space and limited funds, but they face a constantly growing supply of books. The careful culling of books is painstaking work. From selling to donating to destroying, we look at the options when every book cannot be kept on the shelves.

Sunbathers bask in New York City's Bryant Park on Wednesday. Authorities blamed the heat for the recent deaths of five elderly people in Tennessee, Maryland and Wisconsin.

Big Swath Of U.S. Sizzles In Blazing Heat

Temperatures in the Midwest and along the East Coast threatened to rewrite the record books as the heat wave entered its third day. But forecasters said showers were likely to bring relief to some places by the weekend.

Hundreds attend a rally in Chapel Hill, N.C., on March 29 to protest the passage of House Bill 2. The state of North Carolina and the U.S. Justice Department are suing each other over the law's restriction on protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.

North Carolina Sues DOJ Over LGBT Law; DOJ Sues Back

Attorney General Loretta Lynch said the Justice Department "retains the option of curtailing" federal funding for North Carolina as a civil rights case over the state's "bathroom bill" proceeds.

Students in Scott Bedley's fifth-grade class at Plaza Vista School in Irvine, Calif., play a version of "Simon Says" with fake news.

5 Ways Teachers Are Fighting Fake News

In an era of national attention to what's real and what isn't, we asked educators to share their strategies for helping students sort out fact from fiction.

Real Parents, Real Talk About Kids And Screens

How do you cope with parenting in the digital age? And how do you balance it all? How do you protect your kids, yet give them the freedom to create and explore?

After the Soviets withdrew from Afghanistan in 1989, bin Laden, seen here in Afghanistan in April 1998, returned to Saudi Arabia. His citizenship and passport were revoked because of his criticism of the royal family. He relocated to Sudan, where he focused on expanding al-Qaida, building terrorist training camps and forging ties with other militant Islamic groups.

Bin Laden: From Millionaire's Son To Most-Wanted

The mastermind behind the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks was killed in an operation led by the United States, President Obama said Sunday in a late-night statement at the White House. Details are still emerging about Osama bin Laden's death. But his life ran a fascinating trajectory: from the pampered son of a Saudi millionaire to the world's most-wanted terrorist.

For Santorum, Race Momentum Swings

Pennsylvania's Sen. Rick Santorum has long been considered to be the Senate's most endangered Republican. But polls show him closing the gap with Democratic candidate Bob Casey Jr. Political onlookers are wondering whether the turnabout is a case of Santorum gaining -- or Casey faltering.

Halloween Treats: 'Blacula' and Other Horror Classics

Mark Harris is a walking encyclopedia of African Americans in horror films, including Night of the Living Dead and Blacula.

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