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As children wrap up their first week of school, we check in with educators and mental health care providers about how they are doing emotionally.

Ugandan schools were shut for nearly 2 years due to the pandemic. High schoolers were glad to see the shutdown end early this year. But for many, school fees stand in the way of a return to class.

Cash was 18 when her dad, Johnny Cash, gave her a list of 100 essential country songs to help her better understand the music that came before her. Originally broadcast in 2009.

The findings offer an early glimpse of the sheer magnitude of the learning setbacks dealt to the nation's children during the first two years of the pandemic.

President Biden wants to focus midterm arguments on the threat of political violence and risks to rights and freedoms. It's a strategy that worked for Democrats in a recent special election race.

When the Taliban returned to power, cultural heritage advocates worried history might repeat itself and the group would destroy objects it found offensive. The museum is open now but has few visitors.

Armed with nothing but a piece of colorful chalk, these kids are celebrating the return of school — and getting the tools and language to advocate for themselves.

Iowa state officials say a third managed care organization will join the state’s Medicaid program. Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern railroads are pursuing a continental merge that runs right through the Quad-Cities. Plus, a Midwest Newsroom investigation into seed companies favoring a different labor pool for corn detasseling.

The San Francisco-based ridesharing company is facing 17 new lawsuits brought by users of its service from around the country, who claim the company failed to protect passengers and drivers.

Times Square is one of scores of "sensitive" places — including parks, churches and theaters — that will be off-limits for guns under a sweeping new state law going into effect Thursday.