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Airline travelers, there is some good news this holiday season. The Transportation Security Administration says children and the elderly won't have to remove their shoes. And you can now carry on some (but not all) snow globes. The government has some other pointers heading into a busy travel weekend.

Big insurance companies are opening their own doctors' offices and clinics — a strategy that has previously met with mixed results.

President Obama has responded forcefully to the Newtown, Conn., shootings this past week. He assigned Vice President Biden to come up with policies aimed at preventing future such tragedies. The president has also been trying to strike a budget deal to avoid the year-end "fiscal cliff."

House Speaker John Boehner was dealt a major defeat Thursday night. After spending most of the week trying to round up votes for his "Plan B" to extend tax cuts for virtually everyone, he pulled the measure without a vote. The clock keeps ticking toward the end of the year, when automatic tax increases and spending cuts are set to hit.

Hatch, the longest-serving Republican senator in history, was known for working across party lines.

Russian forces called in airstrikes on a besieged steel factory in the southern city of Mariupol, while President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he would meet in Kyiv with two top American officials.

The French election was a tight race that was overshadowed by the war in Ukraine and saw a surge in support for extremist ideas.

Mick Chivers signed up to give stem cells. When it came time to help an elderly man with leukemia, the 20-year-old didn't let multiple setbacks stop him from giving a stranger a second chance at life.

New Mexico faces a long and potentially devastating wildfire season, said Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, as Southwestern wildfires cause destruction and force people from their homes.

On this week's StoryCorps' Military Voices Initiative, former U.S. Army Specialist Ron Amen speaks with his brother Alan about how their relationship changed after Ron was drafted for Vietnam.

The government and the private sector are rushing to build a network of electric vehicle charging stations across the country — a necessity if electric cars are to catch on widely.

An exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art shows how Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka celebrated their freedom with a revolutionary vision for buildings and cities. Women played a vital role.