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The Chicago murder rate rivals the worst years of the 1990s, when the crack cocaine epidemic turned its streets into a virtual war zone. Most shootings are concentrated in the west and south sides.

Music runs in this Minnesotan country-folk singer's family. Hear him perform songs from his debut album, American Dreamer.

Obama is in Laos as part of his final trip to Asia as president. Some 60 percent of the population in Southeast Asia is under the age of 35. On Wednesday he held a town hall with college students.

The bombs were dropped on a rebel-held neighborhood of Aleppo. It is the second chlorine attack in the past month. Weaponized chlorine is banned under international treaties.

Chicago saw an uptick in violence over the weekend — 65 people were shot, 13 fatally. Renee Montagne talks to Jeremy Gorner of the Chicago Tribune about how the police department has responded.

The full-body swimsuit is now part of the French presidential campaign. Former President Nicolas Sarkozy, who supports the burkini bans, is making "national identity" key to his re-election message.

This summer, rangers in Montana's Glacier National Park brought in man's best friend to train wildlife to stay away from popular park areas and to teach park visitors how to safely view wildlife.

Officials in East Chicago, Ind., notified some 1,000 residents about lead contamination in the soil at their low-income housing complex. Families will be displaced and the complex will be demolished.

Nisi Shawl's new alternative history novel imagines a group of socialists and missionaries who found a new nation — Everfair — as a safe haven for those fleeing Belgian atrocities in the Congo.

For the 350th anniversary of the fire, participants torched a wooden replica of historic buildings. People recovered from the Great Fire — rebuilding St. Paul's Cathedral as it stands today.