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It can be hard to get teens to read, especially with so much technology competing for their attention. A new book looks at ways teachers can help young people find books (and find themselves).

Check out the songs (and back stories) of women musicians from around the world.

Percussionist Roman Diaz arrived in New York from Havana in 1999 and has since become a mainstay in the avant-garde jazz and Afro-Cuban music communities. Critic Milo Miles reviews his debut album.

Jacobus Van Nierop arrived in the French town of Chateau-Chinon in 2008. Now he faces charges of aggravated assault and fraud amid gruesome stories from people who said they had been under his care.

India's Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha has announced that the Air Force will induct its first female fighter pilots this summer.

The classically trained composer was the Beatles' closest collaborator throughout the 1960s, producing virtually all their music. Music critics agree they wouldn't have been the Beatles without him.

Bernie Sanders needs to make a habit of winning, and by wider margins than in Michigan. Still, however steep the climb may appear, this Tuesday made it harder than ever to count the Vermonter out.

Recent forecasts for global growth have been ratcheted down, even as oil prices sink lower and put more money in consumers' wallets. Economists see several factors changing things.

There were incidents at high school basketball games where fans chanted "build a wall" at teams made up of minority students. David Greene talks to Washington Post sports columnist Kevin Blackistone.

Florida is the next prize on the GOP primary calendar with 99 delegates at stake. Most polls show Trump in the lead. Florida is Marco Rubio's home state but analysts don't expect him to eke out a win.