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The risk calculus for companies whose leaders participate in perilous activities is more complicated today, as corporate titans Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos have completed their travels to space.

Those affected so far may seem pretty boring, but agencies from the Securities and Exchange Commission to the Federal Reserve could be in the crosshairs.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., scored a major victory with her years-long effort to transform how major criminal cases are handled for service members. But hurdles remain.

Chinese officials say they cannot support a second phase of a study into the origins of the pandemic, including new investigation into the theory that the virus might have leaked from a Chinese lab.

"You are going to the opening ceremony," Australian Olympics chief John Coates told Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk. "None of you are staying behind and hiding in your rooms."

A Normal man who worked as a piano teacher remains jailed on more than 100 counts of child pornography and criminal sexual assault of a minor.

The Los Angeles music scene is known for its dedication to producing the latest trends, which inevitably leads to a backlog of has-beens and never-weres. Liane Hansen speaks with one musician who's maintained a healthy hipness quotient, even after almost thirty years of performing for L.A.'s cultural elite - Chuck E. Weiss. {Chuck E. Weiss's new CD,Old Souls and Wolf Tickets, is available on Rykodisc/Slow River Records, catalog #57.}

According to the complaint filed this week in U.S. District Court, living conditions for families in an apartment complex in suburban Maryland include rodent infestation and toxic mold.

Dozens of boats, helicopters and divers scrambled Wednesday to rescue more than 470 people after a ferry sank off South Korea's southern coast. Among those on the boat, 325 high school students.

A flood protection authority is suing to try to hold the oil and gas industries responsible for Louisiana's land crisis. But policymakers are trying to stop the lawsuit, saying it's bad for business.