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Thirteen percent of all students and nearly 20 percent of high school students are missing more than 15 days of school a year, according to the latest numbers from the Obama Administration.

Black and Hispanic students are disproportionately suspended, expelled and have unequal access to education, according to the latest Civil Rights Data Collection survey.

A COVID-19 vaccine candidate developed by the U.S. company Moderna and the National Institutes of Health starts its final phase of testing. It's one of a handful of candidates to reach this stage.

China responded to a U.S. threat of additional tariffs with a long list of its own. The two sides will likely spend the next few months trying to negotiate a solution that will avert a trade war.

Even U.S. companies that don't have close ties with China have to be concerned with its slowing growth. When China buys fewer goods and commodities, prices fall for producers everywhere.

Six months ago, Dubai Ports World reached an agreement with Congress to sell its North American operations to a U.S.-based firm within four to six months. Six months later, the company still owns those ports, but says it will sell soon. Democrats say they will make it a campaign issue if a sale isn’t completed before the November elections.

The U.S. intelligence community concludes it's "very unlikely" a foreign country is responsible for the so-called Havana Syndrome ailments involving U.S. officials working abroad.

People in 15 of 24 countries downgraded ratings of the U.S., according to the survey of more than 28,000. Majorities in almost every country surveyed describe Trump as "arrogant" and "dangerous."

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Sarah Varney of Kaiser Health News about how U.S. companies are contributing to the burgeoning pain management market, and rising opioid addiction crisis in India.

The missile arrived in Cuba in 2014; since then, U.S. requests for its return have gone unheeded.