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What happens when shopping malls die? Often they're turning into medical centers, churches, schools and universities and new suburban downtowns.

The state's last top guy was hostile to Obamacare. But Gov. Bill Walker, an independent, sees Medicaid expansion as a cost-effective no-brainer. Can he convince Republicans in Alaska's legislature?

The winners of an online competition identified electrical patterns in the brain that often precede a seizure. The victors included a mathematician and an engineer, but no doctor.

A high-profile school tech program; a federal corruption investigation and the resignation of the superintendent.

Republican presidential candidates pushed for what they see as a "simpler" tax code with flat taxes and fewer pages, but experts say there are big drawbacks to some of these plans.

The future Hall of Fame quarterback retires after 18 seasons in the NFL, two Super Bowl rings and a string of superlatives.

President Obama nominated Judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court. NPR's Ron Elving says Garland has been held up as an "exemplar of the kind of person who ought to be" in these positions.

Annual rankings by the World Economic Forum suggest that women still lag men in many measures of economic participation and political power. The U.S. has fallen in the rankings since last year.

"I'm proud to be competing clean and doing what is right," Lilly King said after the race. Over the weekend, her top rival, Yulia Efimova, was reinstated.

The neighboring African nations have the world's best distance running teams. In both the men's and women's marathons, they are expected to be in the thick of it.