Ellen Frankman

The Senate passed a bill to restructure Puerto Rico's debt through a fiscal oversight board, which is not popular in Puerto Rico and may impact how they vote in the general election.

Today, President Barack Obama, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto are syncing their respective national energy policies across borders.

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection wants to increase the levels of permissible toxins in the state's water, which covers nearly 19 percent of the state.

After nearly half a century, Danny Jones, the mayor of Charleston, West Virginia, is leaving the GOP because he can't support Donald Trump and the party's hard shift to the right.

A subway expansion in Rio de Janeiro that's supposed to transport hundreds of thousands of Olympic athletes and fans remains incomplete just seven weeks before the 2016 games. 

On World Refugee Day, The Takeaway looks at how the global community is responding to the worst refugee crisis since World War II.

Exactly a year after the shooting at Emanuel AME Church and on the heels of the Orlando massacre, Herrera reflects on another year of gun violence and political strife in America.

Led by Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy, Senate Democrats launched a nearly 15-hour filibuster on the Senate floor on Wednesday over gun access to suspected terrorists.

Donald Trump has continued to promote an extreme response to the Orlando shooting, which has some Republicans rethinking their support.

Orlando shooter Omar Mateen, who had been on a federal terror watchlist, easily purchased the two weapons he used for the massacre that killed 49 people.

The Supreme Court will take its first look at a challenge to Connecticut’s ban on semi-automatic weapons, which was implemented after the devastation of Sandy Hook.

In this tense political environment, have American Muslims also become victims of such tragedies?

After 40 years, Congress has come to a consensus on updates to the 1976 Toxic Substance Control Act. But does it go far enough in protecting consumers from chemicals we encounter daily?

According to a new report, 1 in 5 American children suffers from a mental health or learning disorder. Why aren't schools detecting mental health issues before they become problematic?

In 2016, the dress code just isn't what it used to be.

Governor Dannel Malloy of Connecticut, and Ray Winans, a former gang member and founder of the program "Keeping Them Alive," weigh in on the national fight against gun violence.

For community leaders like Albuquerque Mayor Richard Berry and Austin Mayor Steve Adler, racial justice is about more than just unity-building buzzwords and hopeful dialogue.  

A gruesome murder has left a stain on the border town of Brownsville, Texas.

"The Red Hook" is a superhero named after a Brooklyn neighborhood that was once known for crime and death, but has since been tamed by millennial hipsters.

Berkeley Psychology Professor Dacher Keltner explains how we gain, use, abuse, and lose power.