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Stock markets started the New Year with steep drops. In China, stocks fell more than 7 percent, forcing an early close.

As upriver flood levels recede in Arkansas the waters are beginning to rise downstream. The worst of the flooding along the Arkansas River appears to be…

When it comes to dam safety, human eyes are still one of the best tools to recognize problems — so in some areas, workers live in remote locations to watch over the water supply.

Greater access to child care is central to Japan's "womenomics" policy. The hope is that more day care will mean more women remain in the workforce after they become mothers.

As President Obama moves ahead this week with executive action on gun control, David Greene talks to New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton about gun control measures.

While most history courses start with the beginning of human civilization, roughly 10,000 years ago, Big History starts with the Big Bang. Humans don't get mentioned until halfway into the course.

Kuwait also summoned Iran's ambassador Tuesday to give him a note of protest over the failure to protect Saudi Arabia's diplomatic missions.

State finance officials say higher than expected corporate and individual income tax collections last month kept Arkansas revenue above forecast, but…

Obama cried after he remembered the children who were killed by a mass shooter in Newtown, Conn. "Every time I think about those kids, it makes me mad," he said.

If it didn't hashtag, did it really happen? We look back on the trendiest hashtags in global development in 2015.