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Now that Ireland has turned its economy around, some politicians point to its success as a model of the policy of economic austerity. But that's not how it feels to many people living there.

A fast-growing app called Robinhood offers a zero-dollar commission on stock trading. Anthony Effinger from Bloomberg Market says this may not be a good thing.

After the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, University of Cambridge researcher Peter Walsh has been developing an Ebola vaccine for wild apes, hoping to stop transmission of the deadly virus to humans.

The star of The Wire and Treme remembers fleeing the storm — and returning to devastation. As his community coped with "post-traumatic stress," he says, Treme "became a group therapy in New Orleans."

Pope Francis' upcoming visit to the U.S. has American Catholics excited — but they aren't the only ones. The pope's statements on the environment and social issues have appealed to non-Catholics, too.

The Kennedy Center is famous for its opera, ballet and symphony. Last week, officials opened a temporary skateboarding park for amateur and professionals to do their thing to improvised live music.

A Egyptian businessman wants to buy an island from Greece or Italy to serve as home for 100,000 refugees. He plans to name it after the drowned Syrian boy, whose body washed ashore in Turkey.

Thousands of migrants moved into Austria and Germany over the weekend as the flow into Europe was unabated. Packed trains from Hungary arrived in Vienna.

For decades Finland's government has sent expectant mothers a box of baby supplies. One university city there is extending the tradition to students. Inside: a bus pass, sheets and socks, for example.

On Friday, a vacant old coffee shop in Jacksonville’s Five Points reopened for a night to host a fashion show.The show called “Kontrast,” hosted by…