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In her new book, Stacy Schiff evokes the world of Salem, Mass., and the bitter winter of 1692 when 19 people were hanged for witchcraft. Reviewer Maureen Corrigan calls The Witches a "haunting" tale.

During his decades-long career, oncologist Vincent DeVita helped develop the combination chemotherapy regimen that cures most cases of Hodgkin's lymphoma. His new book is The Death of Cancer.

The Nation's Report Card came out today, and the news is not good, especially on the math front.

Ryan publicly declined to run for speaker at least three times this year, but then said he relented after pressure from Republican leaders.

IBM is buying The Weather Co.'s digital assets, including Weather.com and Weather Underground. The deal is a bet on big data and cloud computing in forecasting and analyzing weather.

The GOP presidential candidates are in Boulder, Colo., Wednesday night for their third debate, which will focus on economic issues.

Just days ahead of the country's general elections, Turkish police raided a broadcasting company in Istanbul known for supporting a government opposition group.

Los Angeles is finding that community health workers — problem solvers who are untrained in medicine, but fluent in compassion — can be key to helping the county's sickest and neediest get better.

Announcing his intent to resign on the House floor Thursday, Boehner said he leaves "with no regrets, no burdens."

Michael Oreskes, senior vice president for News at NPR, and Graham Parker, general manager at WQXR in New York City, explain what has been uncovered and how their organizations have responded.