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Chinese companies and individuals own farmland across America. But lawmakers in Washington are pushing to block any purchases that could be connected to the Chinese Communist Party.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson was a lifelong civil rights advocate until his death Tuesday at the age of 84.

Getting interrupted at work and having ideas stolen happens a lot to women, people of color and marginalized workers. Here are four ways to stop it from happening and make sure you're being heard.

In a 6-2 decision, the justices said the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals was wrong to set aside as discriminatory the state's voter-approved ban on race-conscious college admissions.

A building that was being demolished collapsed on to an adjacent thrift store Wednesday. At least six people were killed and 14 people were injured.

A system expected to drop 6 inches of snow or more from Pennsylvania to Maine could tie up the Tuesday evening commute, the National Weather Service says.

Known for such hits as "Real Emotional Girl", singer-songwriter, composer, arranger and pianist Randy Newman is on his way to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Newman, a 40-year veteran of the music business, talked to Fresh Air in 1998 and 2004 about his life and work.

Through 16 turbulent and celebrated years leading the pop-punk band Paramore, Williams insisted she'd never make a solo album. Then life showed her that she was a different person than she'd known.

At one of the toughest prisons in America, doubling up inmates in cells designed for solitary confinement can lead to violence, and for some who refuse a cellmate, handcuffs and chains.

On the heels of a new memoir sharing the recipes of a rich cultural life, rap's first tour guide talks aging with the culture, seeing its influence all over, Basquiat's lasting legacy and gatekeeping.