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Dozens of migrants are found dead in a truck in Texas. The House Jan. 6 panel schedules a last-minute hearing. NATO leaders meet in Madrid for what could be the most transformative summit in decades.

In the wake of the financial scandal that destroyed Enron, Congress created an independent board to watch over the accounting of all publicly traded firms. In order that the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board have total independence from political influence, Congress deemed that its members be appointed by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The court heard arguments Monday that challenge whether Congress went too far and overstepped the Separation of Powers clause of the Constitution.

Over the next two years, Hong Kong plans to burn 28 tons of ivory. Many conservationists hope destroying stockpiles will dampen demand in a country where many wealthy Chinese are buying ivory statues and carvings as investments. Others worry that it may have no effect at all.

The Government Accountability Office says that Homeland Security's BioWatch system, deployed in 30 U.S. cities, has issued dozens of false alarms since its introduction in 2003.

It’s billed as a week of innovation and art, with Charlottesville itself as the canvas. The sixth annual Tom Tom Founders Festival is happening this week…

A peace agreement with the leftist rebel group FARC was narrowly rejected in a national referendum in October. This new deal was renegotiated and submitted to Colombia's Congress, bypassing voters.

The order came after a judge found Dr. Eufemiano Fuentes guilty of endangering public health. The destruction of the blood and records means we may never know what athletes were treated by Fuentes.

The country's energy minister said 780 people were working in the coal mine at the time of the accident.

Wage growth — and more specifically, the lack of vigorous pay raises — continued to be an issue, with average hourly earnings nudging slightly upward to 2.9 percent.

What kind of house can you buy with $206,000 -- the national median? In the more subdued Milwaukee real estate market, Wisconsin Public Radio's Chuck Quirmbach finds a suburban house with 3 bedrooms, a garden and more than enough garage space.