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When it comes to abortion, hunger, war, immigrants who drown, the sick and the environment, "it is wrong to look the other way or remain silent," Francis said.

Listings for odd jobs used to run on community bulletin boards. Then, Craigslist took over. Now, start-ups like TaskRabbit and Postmates use technology to connect people looking for part-time jobs with employers who need help. Bloomberg BusinessWeek's Brad Stone describes his experience with them.

Do you ever hear the news and just want to scream? An elementary school teacher in New York City has made a hotline where tens of thousands of people have called in to vent their feelings.

Between 90 and 98 percent of the snow at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games is man-made, says Joe VanderKelen, president of the Michigan-based company that is supplying the snow machines.

A judge said such a paper ballot rollout would "seriously test" the capacity of election workers and "swamp the polls with work and voters," leading to "disaffection and frustration."

Nearly 90 percent of accounts that spread disinformation during the presidential election continue to operate and spread or amplify false stories, a new study concludes.

A new app from the "Guardians of the Laws and Spirit of Cricket" takes on the challenge of explaining the game and its many "delightful complications," using videos, animations and quizzes.

The young man at the center of The Boy Who Came Back from Heaven, Alex Malarkey, said this week that the story behind the 2010 book was all made up.

The death of the exiled oligarch in the U.K. has prompted speculation that he might have been poisoned.

The space rock, which is nine times the size of a cruise ship, is dropping by Earth and it's not coming alone. Asteroid 1998 QE2 has already given scientists a surprise: It has its own moon, measured at about 2,000 feet wide.