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Obama administration officials are warning that a recent plan adopted by the House Judiciary Committee threatens to make the justice system worse not better.

Presidents have been pardoning turkeys for decades. But why? They used to eat them, actually. The history of the tradition is an odd and sad tale with lots of myths.

Thanksgiving is a holiday with a complicated history. So some teachers have developed strategies to teach it to young students.

The crate the birds were in fell off a truck in Wisconsin, and the duo made a break for it. It turns out they're a rare breed, so they'll spend the rest of their lives at a bird sanctuary.

Although the city remains on high alert, schools, businesses and subway stations are reopening — with the conspicuous addition of armed soldiers and police officers around the city.

Final numbers from the this fall’s election are in, and voter turnout among young people remains low. Aspen Public Radio’s Carolyn Sackariason…

The cost of health plans that allow more choices of doctors and hospitals is rising almost twice as much as those with rigid networks, finds an analysis of markets around the country.

Within Islamic countries, many Muslims are OK using the term "Islamic extremists," but when Westerners use the phrase, it could be seen as an insult.

The Oct. 3 strike on a Doctors Without Borders facility in Afghanistan — which killed 30 people — was found to be the result of human error, compounded by faulty equipment and communication failures.

The president gave a statement urging Americans to travel and gather this Thanksgiving holiday without fear.