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The Tennessee State Capitol building in Nashville.

Tennessee Tables Gender Identity Bill After Sponsor Says Tweaks Needed

The state was considering a bill that would have required transgender students to use the bathrooms of their sex at birth. The sponsor now says she wants to revise it and reintroduce it next year.

Members of Congress complained to the administration that hospitals needed more time to check the accuracy of quality ratings.

Medicare Delays Plans For New Star Ratings Of Hospitals

Medicare's "overall hospital quality" rating aims to help consumers by boiling down a variety of measurements into a number star. But Congress asked the administration to hold off on the change.

Kids play at an apartment block in Nuuk, Greenland, jumping into snowdrifts from the roof of a covered walkway. For more than 30 years, the suicide rate in Greenland has been among the highest in the world.

The Arctic Suicides: It's Not The Dark That Kills You

Greenland has the world's highest suicide rate. And teen boys are at the highest risk.

President Obama and Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron in London on Friday.

Obama: North Carolina's Bathroom Law 'Should Be Overturned'

In London Friday, the president also reassured Brits that the residents of North Carolina are "wonderful people" and said any British travelers would be treated with "extraordinary hospitality."

Warhead Constriction, a group of high-schoolers from Lagos, is one of many rock bands of the 1960s and '70s featured in the new book series <em>Wake Up You! The Rise and Fall of Nigerian Rock, 1972-1977</em>.

'Wake Up You!' Explores The Transitional, Post-War Rock 'N' Roll Of Nigeria

In the 1970s, a crop of young rock bands with "a new sense of fury and fuzz" arose in the aftermath of the country's civil war, says historian Uchenna Ikonne.

Billy Paul, the singer of "Me and Mrs. Jones" and other soul ballads, has died. He's seen here in 2006.

Beyond 'Mrs. Jones': Billy Paul's Music You Might Not Have Heard

Two things help explain Billy Paul's unique vocal style: his early dreams of playing saxophone, and his emulation of female jazz singers such as Billie Holiday.

A new study finds that babies fed rice cereals and other rice-based snacks have higher concentrations of arsenic in their urine.

Babies Who Eat Rice Cereal Have Higher Arsenic Levels, Study Finds

Multiple studies have found that rice-based foods contain traces of arsenic. Now a study finds babies fed rice cereals and other rice-based snacks have higher concentrations of arsenic in their urine.

Candidate for U.S. Senate Katie McGinty, D-Pa., shakes hands with attendees as she arrives for her roundtable discussion with seniors at the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers in Philadelphia last week.

5 Other Contests To Watch In Tuesday's Primaries

Among them: Two incumbent Pennsylvania congressmen are on the defense amid questions about their ethics and personal relationships; and Maryland candidates for Senate are divided by race and gender.

Genetic Variations Help Make Fraternal Twins More Likely

Scientists identified two genetic variants that make it more likely that a woman will give birth to fraternal twins. Knowing this might help develop safer fertility treatments.

Randy Berry, the first U.S. special envoy for the rights of LGBTI persons, is shown at a gay pride rally in Sao Paulo, Brazil, last June. He says the U.S. is supporting activists worldwide but recognizes the risks they face in many countries. A gay activist who worked at the U.S. Embassy in Bangladesh was hacked to death this week.

For State Department's LGBTI Envoy, Every Country Is A Different Challenge

Randy Berry says the U.S. is supporting activists worldwide, but is also aware of risks they face. That was driven home with the killing of a gay activist who worked at the U.S. Embassy in Bangladesh.

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