The quarantined ship is reportedly owned and operated by the Church of Scientology. Some 300 passengers and crew are aboard.

The Trump campaign adviser and conservative pundit who came under criticism from lawmakers and economists has withdrawn his name from consideration to serve on the Federal Reserve Board.

It will be up to districts whether they want to allow teachers to be armed. Critics of the bill said it could make classrooms more dangerous to students.

The rule strengthens protections for health care providers who are unwilling to provide services like abortions. Critics say it could put women’s health in danger.

“We were appalled and disgusted by the content of these minutes, which led us to question our affiliation with an organization,” current members of Phi Psi said in a statement Tuesday night.

The House speaker commented after Attorney General William Barr refused to testify at a House Judiciary Committee hearing about the Mueller report.

The Spanish museum that purchased the artwork didn’t know it was stolen. Under Spanish law, it belongs to the museum, the judge said.

U.S. border agents improperly look for broad evidence of crimes when they search international travelers’ phones and laptops without probable cause, civil rights groups argue.

To help meet its ambitious climate goals, California is paying farmers to grow cover crops. The aim is to promote healthier soil that can absorb more carbon from the atmosphere.

Mind Fixers, by historian Anne Harrington, takes a hard look at the ways the marketing of a new pill to treat a mental disorder can change the way the condition is defined and treated.

The $10 bill is purple, contains polymers, and is vertically oriented. It features the first image of a Canadian woman on the country’s currency.

Riley Howell is credited with disrupting the campus shooting, dying in the incident but saving others’ lives. Police say they have not determined the shooter’s motive.

Robert Mueller’s report landed, but the aftershocks continue to shake Washington. The latest tremors took place in a Senate hearing on Wednesday with Attorney General William Barr.

A watchdog report says the U.S. military is no longer collecting — and therefore no longer releasing — one of the most concrete measures of the war’s progress.

The South African track star had sought to have new regulations about permissible testosterone levels in female athletes declared invalid. But Semenya says she “will once again rise above.”

The House overwhelmingly passed a bill Tuesday that could become the country’s most restrictive abortion ban. It would make it a crime for doctors to perform abortions at any stage of a pregnancy.

Until now, the only Denisovan remains came from a cave in Siberia. The new find is “much more complete,” one expert says.

Marriott’s expansion this week of its home-renting venture and Airbnb’s expansion into the hotel business show how the industries are increasingly playing in each other sandboxes.

On March 27, the special counsel told Attorney General William Barr that his public description “did not fully capture the context, nature, and substance of this Office’s work and conclusions.”

The United Nations refugee agency set up a facility in Maicao near the Venezuelan border, providing help for more than 300 migrants. The facility aims to expand to meet the growing need.

The years-long crisis is boiling over, and food is in short supply. For many hungry Venezuelans, the high-fiber mango helps fill an empty, rumbling stomach.

Students across the U.S. showed us their worlds with podcasts in the first-ever NPR student contest.

The return of methamphetamine is overwhelming police, ERs and treatment centers — especially west of the Mississippi. But, unlike opioid dependency, meth addiction has no reliable treatment.

A majority of Americans say special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation was fair, but about half of registered voters say it will not be an important factor in how they vote for president in 2020.

Laura Hardin says after years of knowing each other, she and her husband were excited to have sex. But there was some trial and error.

The special counsel’s letter to the attorney general may show a split over characterizations of the investigation’s conclusions. It comes before Barr meets the Senate and House Judiciary Committees.

Three of the injured are in critical condition. Authorities say they have one suspect in custody and there is no reason to believe anyone else was involved.

After three weeks of testimony, jurors deliberated for 11 hours. The case involved a woman who called 911 to report a possible crime and was shot when, unarmed, she approached the police car.

The U.S. is in the midst of a record-breaking measles epidemic. What brought us here, who is most at risk and what do you need to know now?

President Trump heralded Foxconn’s plan to build a big plant near Milwaukee, eventually creating 13,000 jobs. But the project has stalled and been downsized and is again in the political crosshairs.