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Don't call it a comeback: Blocks have been here for more than 100 years. Studies have shown they can help build language and cognition skills — and even help teach math.

The $305 billion highway bill funds transportation infrastructure projects. But it also offers wins and losses for unrelated businesses. The Export-Import Bank gets saved, but big banks lose out.

Steve Inskeep talks with John Cohen, former counterterrorism coordinator at Homeland Security, now at Rutgers University researching why people carry out mass attacks. Also: Glock author Paul Barrett.

Steve Inskeep speaks with Mark Kelly, founder of Americans for Responsible Solutions. Kelly's wife is Gabrielle Giffords, an Arizona congresswoman who was shot in the head by a gunman in 2011.

Investigators are combing through data for clues about motives in the San Bernardino attack. A married couple opened fire on a workplace holiday party and seemed to have planned at least the getaway.

The Hunting Ground, shortlisted for next year's Oscars, has inspired a backlash — not only for its perspective but for the factual foundation on which it is based and its reporting methods.

A federal jury has convicted former Massy Energy CEO Don Blankenship for conspiring to willfully violate mine safety standards at the site of a 2010 explosion that killed 29 people.

The Saudis could push up world oil prices by cutting their production. But they seem to feel that would mostly help their rivals, like Iran and Russia. So the Saudis are expected to keep pumping away.

Former Vice President Dick Cheney returned to the U.S. Capitol on Thursday for a ceremony honoring his service as president of the Senate. Former President George W. Bush was among those honoring him.

An Illinois school district came to an agreement with the U.S. Department of Education and voted to allow a transgender student, born a male, access to the girls' locker room.