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Iran’s dispatch of missiles to Russia could backfire if the shipment provokes Washington into letting Ukraine aim U.S.-made missiles deep into Russia.

Emerging from the hatch into the cold vacuum of space, tech billionaire Jared Isaacman joined an elite group of professional astronauts from a dozen countries. He tested SpaceX’s new spacesuits, clinging to a spacecraft going farther than any since 1972.

Springfield residents on both sides of the political divide are ready for politicians to stop using their city as a talking point for immigration reform. State leaders would rather address some of the real challenges facing their community.

For the first time this fall, all Massachusetts residents can attend one of its 15 community colleges for free. Since 2017, tuition-free community college has spread from a pioneering experiment to nearly half of states.

Progress roundup: Hunger declines in Latin America. And in Namibia, innovative management of an invasive species is helping to boost housing stocks.

Ellen Duysen educates farmers in seven states across the Midwest and the Great Plains to inspire them to embrace a “culture of safety.”

“In life we migrate. You leave one relationship for another,” says prize-winning poet Ajibola Tolase. His debut collection, “2000 Blacks,” tackles migration and Blackness.

Access to education looks different depending on the community. In the hilly pastures of Kashmir, mobile schools meet little shepherds where they are.

An amnesty for tax cheats is part of a broad attack on corruption and an attempt to build a culture of integrity.

The German government enacted border closures for six months. The aim is to limit irregular migration and protect the nation from “the acute dangers posed by Islamist terrorism and serious crime,” says the Interior Minister. Free travel is integral to the EU.

Florida residents say police are showing up at their homes to question whether they indeed signed a petition to put abortion rights on the ballot, but the deadline to challenge signature validity has already passed. Critics called the investigation voter intimidation.

Mexico’s Senate voted on Sept. 10 to have all judges elected by popular vote, a change critics fear will threaten democracy. Hundreds of protestors pushed their way into the chamber, yelling, “The judiciary isn’t going to fall.”

Putting aside bipartisan acrimony, Republican and Democratic lawmakers joined to honor 13 service members who died in the 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal.

The relationship between Black people and the Atlantic Ocean is often a heavy, tragic one. But artists in “Becoming the Sea” use the exhibit as an opportunity to reclaim and transform the water narrative.

Kamala Harris successfully got Donald Trump to waste valuable time litigating things like crowd size rather than zeroing in on the economy.

Republicans are pushing to require proof of citizenship to vote, because of concerns over voter fraud and illegal immigration. It is already illegal and rare for noncitizens to vote, Democratic critics say.

Elizabeth Strout tenderly reminds us that each person longs to be heard, and their story is worth hearing, in “Tell Me Everything.”

Can reason overcome emotion during a national emergency? Warnings from Israel’s security and judicial establishments that Jewish extremists are causing the country great harm are struggling to be heard amid a barrage of heartbreaking news.

While presidential debates may suggest otherwise, many state legislatures are most productive when rival lawmakers treat each other as moral equals.

I yearned for my childhood summers by the lake. With my son, I have a chance to revisit that enchantment.

Faced with a recruiting crisis, the U.S. armed forces take a gentler, more supportive approach to training new soldiers. Will it work?

Sweden’s public health agency recommended children under 2 should not use digital screens. Research finding poorer sleep, depression, and developmental delays among 1-year-olds spurred the advisory.

First responders dug through sand and rubble with garden tools and bare hands early on Sept. 10. Palestinian officials say the blast killed 19 and wounded 60, while Israel disputes the toll.

A professor’s lament on social media about her college students got us thinking about the best way to encourage the joys of reading. To find out more, we asked the experts: teachers.