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Matt de la Peña becomes the first Hispanic author to win the Newbery award for children's literature, while the Caldecott picture-book prize went to a book about the real-life Winnie the Pooh.

Flint residents are suffering from irreversible health effects of elevated lead levels, amid criticism that the government has been too slow to act.

The economy has improved dramatically in the Obama era. But problems still abound because of the soaring national debt, a deformed tax code, shrunken paychecks and a growing skills gap.

William Del Monte was 3 months old when the deadly earthquake struck. At 109, he was "a piece of living San Francisco history."

Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote that Florida's capital punishment sentencing process is unconstitutional because it allows judges, not juries, to decide whether to impose the death penalty.

King Salman's first year on the throne has brought big changes to the kingdom. It has a more aggressive foreign policy, is actively confronting Iran and is speaking out more openly than in the past.

Hospitals are on the front lines of the battle against antibiotic resistance. Increasingly, they're trying to walk the talk by purchasing meat from animals raised without antibiotics.

Republican Gov. Matt Bevin follows through on a campaign promise to end Kynect, the state's health plan marketplace. He also said he will change the state's approach to Medicaid.

The EPA says Volkswagen is responsible for nearly 600,000 diesel-powered vehicles that are now producing harmful air pollution in the U.S.

The Pentagon has confirmed the report, and says there are no indications that the sailors were harmed during their detention.