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Charlie Sifford works out at a course in Los Angeles in 1957 after winning $11,500 in the Long Beach Open. Sifford helped break the color barrier in the PGA.

From Caddy To Pro: Golfer Charlie Sifford Dies At 92

Charlie Sifford, the first black golfer to hold a PGA Tour card, has died at age 92. Decades after he started in golf as a caddy, he was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame.

A new study finds that students who attend state-funded pre-K are less likely to need special education programs later on in school.

Pre-K Pays Off By Lowering Special Ed Placements

A study, which tracked students enrolled in preschool and Smart Start programs in North Carolina, showed that the programs reduced the likelihood of the students' ending up in special education later.

A new study finds that strenuous labor in the sugar cane fields of Central America is contributing to a mysterious form of kidney failure. Above: Workers harvest sugar cane in Chichigalpa, Nicaragua.

New Clues To Mysterious Kidney Disease Afflicting Sugar Cane Workers

What's causing the ailment that has struck 20,000 farmhands in Nicaragua and El Salvador? Pesticides? Alcoholism? Rat pee spreading an infection? A study from Boston University provides some answers.

5 Things To See In Chile And Argentina

Travelers from the United States spend a lot of time abroad, mostly in Europe. Far fewer head to South America. You can get there from Seattle on American…

Washington, Oregon Lawmakers Propose To Abolish Daylight Saving Time

Some Washington and Oregon legislators want to end the yearly practice of springing forward and falling back.A state senator from Oregon and a state…

Does Binge-Watching Make Us Depressed? Good Question

Recent headlines make it sound as if watching just a few episodes at night can make us depressed and lonely. OK, more than a few. But the science on binge-watching is just getting started.

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