| Good afternoon! American students have a math problem. U.S. teenagers did not do well on an international test for 15-year-olds, with scores declining in math compared to 60 other countries. On a scale of 0 to 1,000, U.S. students scored a 470 on the tests, the Associated Press reports, dropping the nation to 35th on the list of nations. So, in other words, most students wouldn't be able to figure out what percentile the nation is in now, writes MPR News blogger Bob Collins. | Forecast |
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| For the first time, authorities let some journalists enter their camp to see how they work, where they sleep and what they eat. | Photos |
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| It's that time of year again where people with seasonal affective disorder are battling a form of depression. |
| Federal authorities cited a September court ruling that found the Minnesota-based for-profit schools had misled and defrauded students. It could be a devastating blow to the schools' future. |
| The government should cancel its multibillion-dollar order for new Air Force One presidential planes, Donald Trump declared Tuesday. Costs for the two Boeing 747s are "totally out of control," Trump told reporters in the lobby of his New York skyscraper. | Money for Trump Tower security part of stopgap spending bill |
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| Sure, brown rice is better for you than refined white rice. But if you cringe when you see it on sushi, there's good reason behind that, and it's rooted in flavor science and biochemistry. |
| The WHO announced that Zika is no longer an official "global health emergency," but America's chief of infectious diseases says it's too early to downgrade the emergency status. | MPR News Presents |
| An Apple Valley woman has filed a lawsuit against a health care provider after her newborn was mistakenly given to another mother at a hospital and breastfed. |
