JOURNALISM

President Barack Obama urged journalists to ask tougher questions of the candidates and voiced dismay over this year’s vulgar rhetoric and unrealistic campaign pledges.

Not since “All the President’s Men” has a film promised to energize the media’s public image, but will aspiring journalists heed the call?

Journalist Anna Day and three colleagues were detained Sunday after reporting on protests marking the fifth anniversary of opposition demonstrations.

Lawyers for a man serving a life sentence for strangling his ex-girlfriend are seeking a new trial amid questions raised by the podcast in 2014.

Syed's case was the subject of the first season of the hugely popular podcast "Serial."

Yes, 29 million people in the U.S. lack health insurance. And it's "more or less true" that Sanders wished someone would challenge Obama in 2011.

The deceased — two Columbia University students and a healthcare worker — were on their way to the airport to fly back to the United States.

Militant groups have claimed responsibility for the deaths of 28 journalists in 2015, another deadly year for reporters worldwide.

After more than 500 days in jail in Iran, reporter Jason Rezaian was allowed to see his family in prison Friday.

PolitiFact, a fact-checking news site, asked readers to pick "the most significant falsehood of 2015" from a list of 11 statements. Trump had uttered four of the statements.

The podcast's highly anticipated second season covers the case of Bowe Bergdahl, the U.S. military deserter who abandoned his post in Afghanistan.

The paper's Saturday edition will carry a front-page editorial on gun control, calling on government to take action against pervasive violence.

Melissa Click, a University of Missouri journalism professor, had a videotaped encounter Monday with student journalists during a protest on campus.

Egypt and Russia have yet to formally announce the cause of the crash. Both dismissed as premature U.S. and British assessments that a bomb likely was the cause.

With a new virtual reality documentary, the New York Times is betting subscribers want to consume news content in a different way.

The men were charged with producing and distributing guns, most of which were without serial numbers and illegally equipped with silencers.

Arne Duncan, who has served in the role since January 2009, is expected to be succeeded by John King Jr., a former education commissioner from New York state.

The American dentist who was widely condemned for hunting down a protected lion in Zimbabwe says he did not know of the animal's identity or its importance.

The woman, who filed the lawsuit, claims a sexual assault counselor at the university discouraged her from contacting police.

“We feel that the fax cover sheet from AT&T is an extremely important piece of evidence, and we are bringing it to the court’s attention as quickly as possible.”

The Kensington Palace issued a statement Friday, appealing publications not to encourage photographers to take unauthorized photos of Prince George and Princess Charlotte.