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The president's visit falls on the 40th anniversary of Argentina's military coup that led to the so-called Dirty War. He has promised to declassify documents shedding light on what the U.S. knew.

The number of people dying from heart disease has been falling, according to a new study reported in The Daily Mail. Heart disease is the world’s leading…

Late last year a federal judge ordered the State of Texas to reform its foster care laws. U.S. District Judge Janis Jack of Corpus Christi claimed the…

Big league poker tournaments put millions of dollars at stake for the players. But behind the scenes there is another money game going on, something of a mini-Wall Street.

Having a child who won't sleep can drive parents to distraction. But a study suggests that a parent's sleep issues play a role, too.

A customer angry over being asked to leave an L.A. restaurant because of his pet snake, left, but returned. With a bigger snake. He let the 13-ft-long python loose in the restaurant and was arrested.

Ten months and 10,000 flag submissions later, New Zealanders decided to just keep what they had.

In an age when you're more likely to hear a cool new song in an ad before you hear it on the radio, a panel at SXSW addressed the question of how to match mayonnaise with banjos or sneakers with EDM.

A tribunal in The Hague has sentenced the former Bosnian Serb leader to 40 years in prison. NPR's Tom Gjelten, who covered the Bosnian war, explains the twists and turns in the case.

Scientists now have evidence the Zika virus was spreading in South America long before health officials detected it. The findings suggest Zika could be hiding out in other corners of the world, and Southeast Asia may be the next region to see a big outbreak.