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Ben Lecomte wants to be the first person to swim across the Pacific Ocean — a 5,500-mile journey. Doctors will monitor his heart remotely to see how intensive exercise affects this vital muscle.

The change comes after years of strife — and a weekend of celebration in Myanmar. But by law, Suu Kyi is barred from assuming the presidency.

Don't expect a parade of once-hopefuls trudging to microphones to quit the day after the caucuses. But the die will have been cast. Iowa doesn't kill candidacies; it puts them on life support.

In an interview with NPR's Steve Inskeep, Obama spoke at length on the subject of identity. The question of who we are as Americans, Obama said, has been a focus since the country's founding.

Spain's ruling conservatives won the most votes in Sunday's elections but fell far short of a majority. Whether Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy will be able to remain in office is unclear.

The hanging death of 28-year-old Bland in her jail cell was ruled a suicide, but family and activists challenge that claim.

Everyone has a set of genes that keeps the body on a 24-hour rhythm. As we get older, though, the main clock can malfunction. Researchers say a backup clock may try to compensate.

Most of them are from Syria, Africa and South Asia. The International Organization for Migration says this is the highest migration flow since World War II.

The SpaceX team just lost it after one of their rockets launched satellites to space and then landed back on Earth upright.

The new CD, BrotherLee Love by New York based Trumpeter, Terell Stafford is a celebration of trumpet titan, Lee Morgan. You can hear cuts from the disc on…