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.
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.
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.
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.
In Melbourne for its eighth iteration, the All-Star Global Concert brought together marquee names in jazz around a concert program of international, but borderless, collaboration.
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.
Philippe Besson’s novel — ably translated from the French by Molly Ringwald — chronicles a painful teenaged heartbreak, followed by grown-up ennui. It’s a well-worn but very well-told tale.
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.
The president called for measures to close what he calls the asylum “loophole” amid a spike in border crossings. Critics say the proposal is an attack on vulnerable migrants.
Will AI in health care create a two-tiered system in which poorer people will be seen by a computer instead of a doctor? That’s one concern about the burgeoning technology.
Vaccination eliminated measles from the U.S. nearly 20 years ago. But with this year’s record-setting outbreak, are we close to measles making a sustained comeback?
Democratic congressional leaders called the White House meeting “very constructive,” but the big question remains unanswered. The parties will reconvene in a few weeks to discuss funding options.
Tootsie, Beetlejuice and The Prom round up the Tony category for best musical, while The Ferryman, Gary, Ink, Choir Boy and What the Constitution Means to Me are all up for best play.
The World Health Organization tallied over 112,000 measles cases in the first quarter of 2019 — up more than 300% compared with the same period in 2018.
The lawsuit seeks to prevent Deutsche Bank and Capital One from responding to subpoenas from two House panels seeking personal financial documents related to the president, his family and his company.
Saying, “We are making history,” Venezuela’s opposition leader makes his boldest attempt yet to oust President Nicolás Maduro. On Tuesday, Juan Guaidó declared that “Operation Freedom” has begun.
The parents of the man accused in the attack on the Poway synagogue in San Diego have condemned the attack as shocking and evil. A family attorney says they will not pay for his legal defense.
Japan’s defeat in World War II “produced in him strong feelings against war and its chaos,” says a childhood friend. Akihito has expressed deep remorse at home and abroad for Japan’s wartime actions.
China reportedly needs 4 million donkey hides a year for the traditional medicine ejiao. They’re importing hides from poor countries — and dealing a blow to people whose livelihood depends on donkeys.
