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"It pains me greatly, when I celebrate Mass here in the square or in the basilica, to see so many cellphones raised," said the pontiff. He noted that priests and bishops do it, too.

If you live on $1.90 a day or less, the World Bank says you are extremely poor. Two new poverty lines offer a way to measure poverty in middle income countries.

After a somewhat frenzied exit from the island of Ambae, officials are trying to ensure residents' return trips are orderly.

Clocks "fell back" Sunday at 2 a.m. in most of the U.S. Many will gladly accept the extra hour of sleep, but others argue this twice-a-year tradition ultimately harms society.

Engineers at Dartmouth College have developed a computer chip that can detect a single particle of light. Cameras with the chip would have visual abilities even a superhero would envy.

Mayor Jenny Durkan says getting the criminal convictions wiped from personal records is "a necessary step to right the wrongs of what was a failed 'War on Drugs.'"

The Trump administration wants to slash funding for the Department of Housing and Urban Development, including deep cuts to the federal housing subsidy known as Section 8.

To get perspective about what the sell-off in the Dow says about the nation's economic health, NPR's Rachel Marin talks to David Wessel of the Brookings Institution.

The accusations against the 76-year-old billionaire who owns casinos in Las Vegas and the Chinese territory of Macau were first published last month by The Wall Street Journal.

Trevor DeForest, 35, of Maquoketa, Iowa, beat out competitors from 22 other states to win the National Grocery Association's Best Bagger competition — and $10,000 — in Las Vegas last week.