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  • Gangs Enter New Territory With Sex Trafficking
    Though most are known to deal with drugs and weapons, a new FBI threat assessment says street gangs have been moving into some different territory lately: human trafficking. The FBI says gang members increasingly are pushing women and children into prostitution.
  • The Long, Slow March Toward Supercommittee's Crisis
    Lawmakers have spent much of this year struggling to reach a deal that could get budget deficits under control. But the problem has been developing for at least a decade. In 2000, there was a $200 billion surplus.
  • American novelist and journalist Norman Mailer poses for a photo on Oct. 1, 1970.
    Not Quite Norman: Living Up To A Literary Legacy
    Can inspiration hit too close to home? Author Alex Gilvarry chronicles the challenges of trying to emulate famed writer Norman Mailer — while staying in Mailer's old house.
  • A drilling rig looms behind a barn in Tioga County, Pa.
    A Debate Over Who Regulates Gas 'Fracking' In Pa.
    As the natural gas industry booms in Pennsylvania, drillers are encountering a hodgepodge of local rules on hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking." State lawmakers are considering changes that would limit the way a local community regulates what happens in its own backyard.
  • Letters: Berea College; Ruth Stone; 'Moves Like Jagger'
    Melissa Block and Guy Raz read emails from listeners about a report on Kentucky's Berea College, Melissa's remembrance of Vermont poet Ruth Stone, and the other person responsible for that mega-hit earworm "Moves Like Jagger."
  • Syrian opposition groups gathered in Istanbul, Turkey, on Monday, as the factions attempt to form a more unified front. This Sunday, the opposition factions, including the main Syrian National Council, will be joined by diplomats in a meeting of the "Friends of Syria."
    Diplomats Gather, But Syrian Truce Remains Elusive
    The opposition is keeping up the pressure on Syrian security forces with repeated attacks, and Syria President Bashar Assad has shown no signs of moving toward a cease-fire. Against this backdrop, the "Friends of Syria" are gathering in Turkey.
  • American Ariel Hsing competes against Canadian Chris Xu at the table tennis qualifying tournament in Cary, N.C., on April 20.
    American Whiz Rises Up In The World Of Ping-Pong
    China has long dominated the sport of table tennis, winning almost every Olympic medal since 1992. That's not likely to change at this year's Summer Olympics, but one young American athlete may be on her way to giving China a run for its money.
  • Commentary: Can't Resist School Supplies
    By Mildred BlaisdellBuffalo, NY – Oscar Wilde said, I can resist anything except temptation. I can resist anything except school supplies. Last month on…
  • Commentary: Were the Right Lessons Learned?
    By Mary AkersBuffalo, NY – A recent incident, broadcast in the local news, has been bothering me for weeks. Here is a brief summary: A bus driver taking a…
  • Commentary: Home Is Home
    By Joan WorthingtonBuffalo, NY – Theresa's English is very broken. She speaks five languages, more or less. She was born in the Ukraine. As a young…
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