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This low-income elementary school will send dozens of kids to the SuperNationals of chess this week in Nashville, Tenn.

A federal task force says the risks of screening outweigh benefits. Many thyroid growths never develop into dangerous cancers, and overdiagnosis can lead people to have unnecessary surgery.

This spring, orchards in Washington state are being ripped up to make room for a new apple variety called Cosmic Crisp. This is what happens before it hits store shelves.

The Indonesian court's decision has cheered Muslim conservatives and crushed the hopes of advocates of a more pluralistic and tolerant path for their nation.

The low-income housing tax credit program gave way to a booming $8 billion private industry, but as tax credits for companies increased, the number of housing units being built for the poor fell.

The legal doctrine behind the ruling is known as abatement ab initio ("from the beginning"), the same concept that cleared former Enron CEO Ken Lay's criminal record back in 2006.

Cookbook author Julia Turshen says cooking should be flexible: "[Recipes] are kind of sold to people as prescriptions, these really precise things, ... but I think there's very rarely a wrong answer.

Philadelphia prosecutors announced Tuesday that while evidence indicates Brian Bostian caused the crash, which killed eight people, it wasn't strong enough to file criminal charges against him.

Carter Wilkerson was on a mission to get free chicken nuggets from Wendy's. In the process, he dethroned Ellen DeGeneres' Oscar selfie for the most retweets ever. Oh, and he also got the free nuggets.

Cuba is not an easy place to buy things: Food is rationed, wages are low, and the black market is a way of life. But at the new Manzana de Gomez mall, one can buy face cream for $162.40 an ounce.