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The wait time for an asylum-seeker in the U.S. to get a work permit is at least half a year. City governments across the country are pressing the federal government to change that.

The creator of the Pigeon series, Knuffle Bunny, and Elephant & Piggie is currently an Artist-in-Residence at the Kennedy Center. He says if you want kids to draw, you should let them see you drawing.

The announcement came at the opening of the G20 summit, one that comes as growing global rifts and the absence of key players threatened to make reaching consensus on the thorniest issues elusive.

A dramatic increase in ocean temperatures around South Florida in early July caught scientists off-guard. They're now rushing to help struggling coral on the only inshore reef in the continental U.S.

In their new book, two education scholars argue new media can be a key part of building literacy.

The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Arizona school officials violated a 13-year-old girl's constitutional rights when they strip-searched her, looking for drugs. In another case, the court ruled the constitution requires lab analysts whose reports are entered into evidence against a defendant to appear in court and be cross-examined.

Surgery can be emotionally and physically stressful for children. A California anesthesiologist has come up with a way to reduce anxiety that's safer, cheaper and much more entertaining.

Ezra Claytan Daniels and Ben Passmore's new graphic novel is a comic-horror take on the very real problem of gentrification that follows two young artists moving to a struggling Chicago neighborhood.

Melting ice means ships are plowing along polar lanes, so Rune Rafaelsen wants Chinese investors to help turn the small town of Kirkenes into a major logistics hub. But doubters abound.

In a new book, Nick Turse says the pressure on U.S. forces to produce a body count during the Vietnam War led to mass civilian deaths. "The idea," he says, "was that the Vietnamese, they weren't really people."