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Vice President Harris speaks to media members before departing for New York at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, on Monday. Harris appeared on the CBS news magazine 60 Minutes on Monday, where she answered questions about her economic plans, the war in Ukraine and the U.S.-Mexico border.

Harris is pressed for more specifics in a wide-ranging interview with '60 Minutes'

The interview followed criticism from former President Donald Trump that Harris has been unwilling to sit for hard interviews. She was pressed on everything from her economic proposals to immigration.

Bloomington High School South science teacher Kirstin Milks leads a lesson on human-caused climate change and technologies that could help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

In the face of global warming, students are dreaming up a better climate future

With heat waves and extreme weather becoming more and more common, one Indiana teacher wants to empower her students with information, and the creative freedom to imagine big ideas.

Simone Biles of Team USA competes during the Artistic Gymnastics Women's Vault Final on day eight of the Olympic Games Paris 2024.

How older athletes powered up and transformed women's gymnastics

In 1997, the minimum age for women gymnasts was raised to 16. Some thought it would usher in a less competitive era. Instead, athletes of incredible skill and longevity emerged.

Nancy Pelosi talks to NPR about wielding power — and her role as Biden stepped aside

Nancy Pelosi opens up about wielding power — and what she was doing in the days leading up to President Joe Biden announcing he was abandoning his race for a second term

Noor Assi, 15, sits on his bed while watched by his 5-year-old sister Jenna in the village of Qarawat Bani Hassan, Israeli-occupied West Bank, on Feb. 23.

One boy's story shows the impact of rising Israeli settler violence in the West Bank

After his father was killed by Israeli settlers raiding his village in the central West Bank, he says, 15-year-old Noor Assi sometimes envies other teens, but says, "I have a family to take care of."

John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton, seen in picture, are awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Physics, which is announced at a press conference by Hans Ellergren, center, permanent secretary at the Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, Sweden on Tuesday.

Nobel Prize in physics awarded to 2 scientists for discoveries in machine learning

John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton were awarded the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for discoveries and inventions that formed the building blocks of machine learning.

Americans are using AI at fairly high rates. What does this mean for the economy?

A new study finds that Americans have adopted generative AI faster than personal computers and the internet. Does this mean we're about to see a long-awaited increase in productivity growth?

A scene from the 1994 experimental film Fresh Kill.

'Fresh Kill' imagined a contaminated city. 30 years later it feels spot-on

A septuagenarian multi-media artist is on a road trip with two young filmmakers and a new print of a groundbreaking movie she made three decades ago.

Cars drive east out of Naples, Fla., toward Miami on Tuesday as Hurricane Milton approaches.

Hurricane Milton is a dangerous Category 5 as it heads toward Florida's coast

Hurricane Milton has once again surged to Category 5 strength. Officials say residents should rush to finish preparing for the storm.

Palestinian protesters attend a rally to mark the first anniversary of Palestinian militant group Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel, in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank on Monday.

'All this blood, all this death': Palestinians protest Israel war with no end in sight

For Palestinian civilians caught in the middle of the ongoing conflict between Israeli forces and the Hamas militant group, the consequences have been unremittingly difficult, and deadly.

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