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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.

If history is any guide, the president's efforts to curb gun violence may have the unintended effect of boosting gun sales.

The Nevada rancher has racked up more than $1 million in fines and fees. But decades have passed and the federal government still has not collected any money or removed his cattle from federal land.

Cellphone video showed Michael Slager shooting an unarmed black man in the back last year in North Charleston, S.C. He was charged with murder and initially denied bail. Now he's out on $500,000 bond.