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The online service for short-term rentals in private homes known as Airbnb got a boost when it was featured at the recent Apple conference. But the company has also drawn in attention in cities like San Francisco, where legal concerns over everything from liability and safety to upset landlords have led to scrutiny. Audie Cornish speaks with Fast Company reporter Austin Carr about what Airbnb is up against.

Colorado's High Park Fire northwest of Fort Collins has topped 46,000 acres, making it one of the largest wildfires in the state's history. It's also destroyed more than 100 buildings. But firefighters are beginning to gain ground and have started containing the blaze.

Georgia transportation officials turned down a local Ku Klux Klan group's request to join the Adopt-A-Highway program, saying it would distract drivers. Georgia has suspended new applications to join the highway beautification program.

As the Republican governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney worked with the overwhelmingly Democratic state Legislature to pass a landmark universal health care law. But some lawmakers say a CEO style that may have worked for Romney in the business world didn't always help his ability to govern.

The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency has filed new charges against cyclist Lance Armstrong. Melissa Block talks with the Washington Post's Amy Shipley about the allegations and Armstrong's past doping fights.

The alleged victim said Sandusky told him if he said anything about the abuse, he would never see his family again.

The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services says that drug diversion is the most likely cause of the hepatitis C outbreak at Exeter…

Hill not only made his name as a mobster but as an informant who spent a decade in the witness protection program.

Miles Marshall Lewis draws a line from Prince's concern for his community to the Hip-Hop Nation.

The idea that anyone can make it in the U.S. is personified by immigrant success stories. But what if you came to America for a better life, worked hard and made it — but now face an increasingly anti-immigrant environment? One South Carolina family continues to have faith that the next generation will have it better.