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Don't understand what the independent Vermont senator's single-payer plan is? Here are the bullet points. (For starters, his new program would not look a whole lot like Medicare.)

Flooding in Houston and utility outages led to belches of fumes from refineries and other industrial sites. Residents of a region already struggling with air pollution wonder: Is it safe to breathe?

The Gates Foundation has released projections showing the impact on new cases of HIV and issues like child mortality if there's a global drop in foreign aid.

New Yorker writer Evan Osnos visited North Korea in August to understand what they really mean when they talk about nuclear war. He found that nuclear weapons are an essential part of their society.

Police in Hollywood, Fla., confirmed they are investigating the deaths. The facility may have been without air conditioning following the storm, according to multiple news reports.

NASA's Cassini spacecraft will crash into Saturn in a few hours, but we'll always have the shots it took of icy volcanoes, hexagonal storms, ethane lakes and ripples in Saturn's rings.

About half of the 106 trailers at the Sea Breeze Mobile Home Community are destroyed or moved off their foundations.

Retired Lt. Gen. Mike Flynn may have kept up contacts with the promoters of a vast Middle Eastern nuclear deal even as he was serving as national security adviser.

The 2017 nominees for the U.K.'s top literary prize include a hefty dose of marquee authors, such as Paul Auster. But the list also features a pair of debuts, from Emily Fridlund and Fiona Mozley.

Also: Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C) meets President Trump today over his Charlottesville response; Myanmar's leader won't attend a U.N. session over the Rohingya crisis; and new crew join the space station.