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We make hundreds of choices a day — what shirt to wear, or when to eat dinner — but sometimes those choices are a little more difficult. This week's…

Battles, triumphs, and defying the odds are all common themes in life, and in film. Some survive Auschwitz, while another climbs a 3,000-foot rock wall…

It’s cold outside, so now is the perfect time to curl up with a good book.Central Standard took the opportunity to seek out some of the best books about…

On Central Standard, we asked our listeners to tell us about the people in their lives and communities who died in 2014. Here are a few of the personal…

Tax conference committees will go back to the negotiating table Friday after the House resoundingly rejected a plan that suspended Gov. Sam Brownback’s…

Brazil's economy is still going strong compared to the U.S. and Europe. The country's unemployment rate is just 6 percent — with companies looking overseas to fill top-end jobs.

North Carolina isn't rich in coal, natural gas or oil, but it has more hogs than nearly any other state. And for years, scientists and farmers have been trying to turn swine biogas into electricity.

For three weeks, Kilauea volcano has sent molten rock into the ocean, spewed toxic gas into the air and pushed ash plumes upward. Photographer Mario Tama has documented the destruction.

In 1978, more than 900 followers of the Rev. Jim Jones committed mass suicide in Guyana. In his new book, The Road to Jonestown,journalist Jeff Guinn details how Jones captivated so many .

On April 27, 1865, a steamboat named the Sultana exploded and sank while transporting Union soldiers up the Mississippi. An estimated 1,800 people died, but few today have heard of this disaster.