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Drug resistance is no longer a matter of health. It could have massive implications for the world's economy and food supply.

The U.N. has set the goal of eliminating extreme poverty and reducing the toll of disease by 2030. But there's a surprising obstacle.

In 2017, major fighting against the ISIS in Iraq may wind up and focus may shift to a new protracted campaign in northern Syria. Ari Shapiro talks with NPR's Tom Bowman about what lies ahead.

Only one member of Congress is religiously unaffiliated, but more than 1 in 5 Americans is.

Retired Marine Corps Gen. John Kelly broke with the president-elect over a border wall, Muslims coming into the U.S. and torture techniques.

The new year for the state legislature has begun in discord, with an absent governor and Republicans in the Senate vowing to take a harder line against…

After a year-long investigation, the U.S. Justice Department reported on Friday that the Chicago police department uses excessive force and its officers are poorly trained.

A transition spokesman had initially said the contacts by national security aide Michael Flynn occurred the day before the retaliation for election meddling was made public.

The Kremlin denied that it collects political dirt, known as kompromat. But disinformation, fake photos and leaked sex tapes have long been features of Russian politics.

Democrats lost the presidency Tuesday and were unable to gain control of the Senate or the House. They have some soul-searching to do as they think about the future.