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Democrats in Congress are pushing this week for a bailout of Detroit's Big Three automakers, but there are signs they may not have enough votes. Some Americans blame the companies for their own problems. Others warn that a bankruptcy would only deepen the current recession.

People at Washington's Lincoln Memorial and other places in the city offer their views on the result of the 2008 presidential election. Democrat Barack Obama defeated Republican John McCain to become the first African-American president in the nation's history.

Across the country, communities are turning abandoned big-box stores like Kmart and Wal-Mart into churches, schools and libraries. Julia Christensen, an artist and professor, visited many of these sprawling structures to see how they are being repurposed.

Move over restaurants. Now hospitals are getting letter grades based on their patient safety performance from the Leapfrog Group, a nonprofit that's looking to improve the quality and safety of health care.

The Pheu Thai party and the progressive Move Forward Party made a strong showing, in a repudiation to the military-backed government of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha.

Soldiers and anti-government protesters are doing battle in the streets of Thailand's capital. The clash marks a major escalation in Thailand's ongoing political crisis and comes a day after the country's ousted prime minister called for a revolution.

Actors in period garb are the usual denizens of the Strawbery Banke Museum campus in Portsmouth, N.H., which spans 250 years of history. To make ends meet, the museum has lured more modern dwellers.

The 114th annual NAACP convention is underway in Boston with the theme "thriving together." Delegates from the nation's largest civil rights organization are gathering to vote on policy platforms.

Extreme weather has already taken a big toll this summer around the world. So as the climate keeps changing, how much worse should we expect disasters to get? And what are the lessons for next time?

Lee's grandfather owned a barber shop — there's a tea shop there now — and was a pillar of Vancouver's Chinese-Canadian community. Over jasmine tea, Lee talks about her memories of her grandfather.