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What happens when a country decides to sell its water then hits a drought? Our Planet Money team takes us to a country in Africa that might have given away its most valuable resource.

A technology known as a gene drive might be deployed to re-engineer species and stop diseases like malaria. But a scientific advisory panel says research and use should proceed with great caution.

Israeli police say two gunmen who shot shoppers at a popular open-air market were apprehended. Both are Palestinian men in their 20s.

The windows, which honor Gens. Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson, will remain during a period of "public dialogue" on race and slavery. But the battle flags will be replaced with plain glass.

Donald Trump's message on trade — and bringing jobs back home — is resonating with a lot of union workers, even longtime Democrats.

A study of Social Security and tax records says poor people live longer in some cities than in others, and it's not clear why.

Riot police with tear gas and stun grenades faced off with fence-storming migrants and refugees at the border between Greece and Macedonia on Sunday. Tens of thousands of migrants are stranded there.

Astronomers have found about 2,000 planets beyond our solar system. Now, some scientists are expanding the search to look for distant moons, too, in the hunt for signs of life.

Nearly 40,000 union workers on the East Coast, who haven't had a contract since August, have walked out. Among other things, they object to outsourcing and two-month location transfers of employees.

Decisions about high blood pressure have gotten thornier over the past couple of years. There's no consensus on when to start treatment with drugs. The latest evidence adds to the confusion.