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Daniel Woodrell's novel Winter's Bone follows a 16-year-old heroine named Ree as she hunts for her drug-dealing father, simultaneously trying to keep her family intact. The book, which is set in the Ozarks, is earning comparisons to True Grit.

The air-traffic controller's strike 25 years ago left many of the strikers jobless and unable to return to the FAA after President Reagan banned them. The tension of that era affects workers today.

On this day 25 years ago, a cable channel called Music Television debuted, broadcasting "Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles as its first video. The Buggles pretty much disappeared, but MTV became a behemoth. Today, the corporation owns more than 50 channels in 28 languages and 168 countries.

Raul Castro, 75, now holds power in Cuba as older brother Fidel Castro recovers from surgery. The development has intensified power struggles in Havana between two sets of loyalists: Fidelistas and Raulistas.

A new study from the American Bar Association explores why so few women of color reach the highest ranks of law firms. Many of the women shared tales of harassment and discrimination that led them to leave their firms.

Sarah Hurwitz grew up in what she would describe as a culturally Jewish home. But it wasn't until she was in her 30s that she really connected with the spiritual identity she was raised with.

A proposed rule would outlaw fake reviews, stop companies from paying for good reviews and prohibit them from illegally suppressing negative reviews.

Ukraine presses on with its offensive in the east while it watches the aftermath of the Russian mutiny a week ago.

Visitors at the Carowinds amusement park noticed the crack almost a week before the park shut down the Fury 325. "The park's maintenance team is conducting a thorough inspection," the park said.

The military has a suicide rate higher than the national average, but many proposed solutions haven't been implemented. This issue has been studied for more than a decade.