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In Lynn Nottage's play <em>Sweat, </em> Jason (Stephen Michael Spencer, left) and Chris (Tramell Tillman) are workers at a steel tubing plant in Reading, Pa. Nottage says she wanted to write about "how poverty and economic stagnation were shifting the American narrative."

In 'Sweat,' Adapting To Change Is The Hardest Work Of All

Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage spent two years visiting Reading, Pa., to research her new play. Sweat explores how industrial decline affected workers in the former steel and textile town.

Karen Weaver was elected mayor of Flint, Mich., after promising to address the city's water-contamination issues.

Flint Mayor: 'Politics And Profit' Perpetuated Lead-Tainted-Water Crisis

Mayor Karen Weaver was elected in November after vowing to address the problem, which began in 2014. Thursday, the head of the EPA's regional office resigned.

El Niño Does Bring Floods And Drought, But There's A Silver Lining

We're in the middle of an El Niño that's already caused weather-related disasters and will last at least several more months. Now for the good news.

Syrian refugee Osama Abdul Mohsen (middle) is greeted as he arrives in Madrid in September with sons Zaid (far left) and Mohammad (second from right). Abdul Mohsen was tripped by a camerawoman as he scrambled across a field on the Serbia-Hungary border last fall. That incident was seen worldwide and resulted in a job offer from Miguel Ángel Galán (second from left) coaching soccer in Spain.

After The Trip Seen 'Round The World, Syrian Refugee Builds A New Life

The man who was tripped by a kick from a Hungarian camerawoman is now rebuilding his life in Spain. He's learning Spanish, working at a soccer academy — and trying to reunite his family.

Students In Chattanooga, Tenn., Get A Snow Day After All

Earlier this week, students pretended to be school officials and proclaimed classes canceled. The media didn't buy it. As a giant storm intensified days later, real administrators canceled classes.

Photographers take pictures of the lion carcass before it's publicly dissected at Odense Zoo in Denmark. It was the zoo's second public dissection of a lion in four months.

Danes Say Zoo Dissections Fit With Country's 'Very Honest' Parenting

Last weekend at an event in Denmark called "Animals Inside Out," a college biology student publicly dissected a lion. Attendees — including young children — were given a close-up, gory view.

A uniformed tour guide gestures to tourists outside the War Museum in Pyongyang. U.S. citizens can visit North Korea as tourists.

North Korea Claims It Has U.S. Student In Custody

State media reported that the isolated nation has detained a student from the University of Virginia for "committing anti-republic activities."

Crime-Fighting Sheep To The Rescue In New Zealand

Police were pursuing a car that was caught speeding, and had no plates. A flock of sheep, being herded along the road, blocked the runaway car.

Weekly Experiment - Shale

In this episode of The Weekly Experiment, Martin Fisher from Science Central explains shale.

Studies show that kids' household income seems to be a more important predictor of their risk of becoming overweight and obese than their race or ethnicity.

Why Poverty May Be More Relevant Than Race For Childhood Obesity

Are kids more at risk of becoming obese because of their race or their economic status? A group of researchers at the University of Michigan tried to tease out an answer.

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