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Amid reports of lavish spending, Illinois Rep. Aaron Schock announced he's stepping down, surprising supporters and detractors. Illinois residents are struggling to make sense of the sudden move.

A new law in Oregon is designed to make voting easier. Advocates are looking to it to increase turnout, but that might not necessarily be the result.

Also: Cyclone-stricken Vanuatu residents ask for food; the White House will rebuff certain Freedom of Information Act requests; and Japanese tsunami debris from 2011 still washes ashore in the U.S.

Tunisia's prime minister says at least 21 people — including 17 foreign tourists and two gunmen — died in the attack at the National Bardo Museum, a popular tourist attraction in the capital.

Scott Carney's new book unpacks the complicated story of Ian Thorson, who died in the Arizona wilderness after becoming involved with an unorthodox Buddhist group led by a charismatic American monk.

Almost 400 years after his death, researchers have found bone fragments that seem to match what they know about the celebrated author's burial.

Astrophysicist Adam Frank says the recent discovery of all this water across the solar system has just made humanity's long-term possibilities a whole lot more possible.

Ian Tregillis' new novel is the start of a series, set in an alternate 1926, that follows a robot's search for humanity against a backdrop of science, philosophy and a grand struggle between empires.

One of the lessons documentarians are learning is that the more people like your work, the more they ask questions about it.

President Obama predicts Kentucky will be crowned college basketball champion and cap off a perfect season. He also picks three top seeds and one No. 2 seed to make the Final Four.