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The Obama administration says China is trading unfairly in some elements that are critical to the manufacture of cellphones, hybrid car batteries and other products.

Last year a Salvation Army volunteer set the record by ringing for 36 hours. Across the nation, he and others will try to break that mark.

A consortium of consumer and environmental groups says there's too much lead in lipstick. The Food and Drug Administration says there's nothing to worry about.

What's orange and black and says "knock knock?" On Halloween, children in St. Louis are expected to tell jokes in order to earn their candy.

Persistent outages of weather observation stations across Alaska have caused problems for rural communities, aviators and climatologists for years. Now the Alaska State Legislature is hoping to spur the federal government to do something about it.

Others being honored include Rep. John Lewis (D-GA), poet Maya Angelou, investor Warren Buffett, cellist Yo-Yo Ma and basketball great Bill Russell.

This week Defense Secretary James Mattis takes his first overseas trip, to South Korea and Japan. The U.S. allies are eager to hear what he has to say.

"Millions of Americans — our neighbors, friends, family members — are still looking for jobs," the president says in his administration's annual report to Congress.

InterAction.org lists 28 "appropriate disaster relief" organizations now working in Japan. Here's how to learn more about them and donate to their efforts.

Foreign Policy makes the case that the rise of emerging markets, the creation of social media and other events have had stronger impacts than the terrorist attacks.