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In an election that's supposed to be about the economy, tragic deaths overseas push foreign policy onto the political stage in the race between Mitt Romney and President Obama. While Romney seems to have lost the initial battle, questions remain about the administration's Middle East goals.

Many comparisons have been made between Paul Thomas Anderson's film The Master and the history of Scientology. But, as David Edelstein explains, the challenge of balancing the search for surrogate family with American individualism dominates the film. (Recommended)

Part of Curiosity's drill may have been exposed to microbes on Earth before the rover launched to Mars. Catharine Conley, NASA's planetary protection officer, explains how the slip-up violated agency procedures, but why it likely won't impact Curiosity's science objectives.

Negotiators for the Chicago teachers union and the public school system appear closer to a possible contract agreement, but the strike continues for a fifth day.

Director Fernando Trueba talks about his Oscar-nominated animated film Chico and Rita,which follows a pair of lovers who leave Havana's music scene in the 1940s to head to New York City. It's now out on DVD.

During the Republican debates, Mitt Romney told a moderator "You get to ask the questions you want. I get to give the answers I want." Social psychologist Todd Rogers talks about how likely voters are to notice a subtle dodge. James Fowler joins to discuss whether social media can send more people to the polls.

State officials are investigating how many chemicals leaked from storage tanks at a facility flooded by Hurricane Isaac with about 10 feet of…

A state-run insurance company of last resort has agreed to settle two remaining class-action lawsuits tied to claims handled after hurricanes Katrina and…

The Interstate 10 Atchafalaya Welcome Center in Butte La Rose is open after repairs to the facility's water system.The Louisiana Department of…

Eight weeks before the presidential election, new laws passed by Republican legislatures that concern who can vote and when remain in the hands of federal and state judges. The federal court trial over South Carolina's voter ID law raised questions about how such laws might be implemented.