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Author Max Brooks has done extensive research on preparing for widespread catastrophe. He's now a fellow at the Modern War Institute at West Point.

Novelist Max Brooks On Doomsday, Dyslexia And Growing Up With Hollywood Parents

Brooks' stable childhood with parents Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft stands in contrast to the wild stories he tells in novels like World War Z and Minecraft: The Island.

Protesters hold signs and chant at a rally for DACA in Washington, D.C.

Five Years In, What's Next For DACA?

Immigrant rights groups and students gathered at the White House to protest the possible repeal of DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.

President Trump rhetorically questioned whether statues of Thomas Jefferson, one of which stands in the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C., and George Washington should come down because they were slave-owners.

FACT CHECK: 'Whatabout' Those Other Historical Figures? Trump's Question Answered

It's just simply factually wrong to compare Confederate generals to George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer (left) shakes hands with Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland, accompanied by Mexico's Secretary of Economy Ildefonso Guajardo, after they spoke at a news conference Wednesday at the start of NAFTA renegotiations in Washington, D.C.

At NAFTA Kickoff, U.S., Mexico And Canada Already Show Signs Of Disagreement

While ministers from Canada and Mexico praised NAFTA, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer emphasized the negative and said the deal "needs major improvement."

A hippo walks through the South Luangwa National Park in eastern Zambia, where an anthrax outbreak occurred in 2011.

Hippos, Anthrax And Hunger Make A Deadly Mix

In Zambia, some people were so hungry that they risked their health to eat hippo meat infected with anthrax. Researchers say it reveals how food insecurity can spread disease.

While doctors and nurses have an ethical duty to treat all patients, they are not immune to feelings of dread when it comes to patients who are hateful or belligerent. A well-known <a href="http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM197804202981605">article</a> from the 1970s spoke to this.

After Charlottesville, A Doctor Reflects On Hateful Patients And His Own Biases

Medical professionals take pride in their commitment to care for all patients. But that pride doesn't shield them from the difficult ones.

U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and other female senators were excluded from the Senate leadership health task force this summer.

Often Missing From The Current Health Care Debate: Women's Voices

When leaders in Washington discuss the future of American health care, women are not always in the room. Here, eight women from around the country share their personal stories, fears and hopes.

UWF Football Prepares For Second Season

Coming off a 5-6 inaugural season and two and a half weeks before starting the 2017 season at Missouri S&T, Head Coach Pete Shinnick delivered his “State…

Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga addresses the media Wednesday at the offices of his National Super Alliance, or NASA, coalition in Nairobi. Odinga said he would take his allegations of electoral fraud to the country's Supreme Court — after previously refusing to do so — and vowed to protest peacefully.

Kenyan Opposition Leader Vows To Take Election Challenge To Supreme Court

Raila Odinga said he's mounting a legal challenge to what he calls President Uhuru Kenyatta's "computer-generated fraud." But he's not the only one to raise questions about the election recently.

Trump's Comments On White Supremacists Raise Questions

What did President Trump's return to blaming "both sides" for the violence in Charlottesville, Va., reveal about him and how he approaches the presidency?

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