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Scientists from the U.S., Japan and China won the 2015 Nobel Prize in Medicine. The 3 researchers won for discovering drugs used to treat parasitic diseases that affect millions of people each year.

The Democratic presidential candidate says she would act through executive action to close the "gun-show loophole" and tighten Internet sales, if Congress doesn't act.

The global middle class is growing ... but slowly. (A lot of the credit goes to China.) And more than 70 percent of the world's population still falls below what would be considered "middle" income.

A convoy carrying United Nations food and health aid reached besieged areas of Syria on Monday, after graphic images of starvation in the town of Madaya appeared in media around the world. NPR's Kelly McEvers speaks with Abeer Etefa, senior regional communications officer at World Food Programme, about the convoy.

A big part of any State of the Union address is the list of policy proposals for Congress. But do those ideas go anywhere? Here's how well recent presidents have done on this measure.

The Revenanthas a dozen nominations, followed by Mad Max: Fury Roadwith 10, andThe Martianwith seven. The winners will be announced on Feb. 28.

Models on turntables in fancy gowns have given way to professionals who are the eyes and ears of car brands.

The First Folio is the first printed collection of all of Shakespeare's plays, assembled by two of his buddies after he died. Without it, plays like Macbeth and Twelfth Nightmight not have survived.

Of the 124 officers who died, the largest number (52) were killed in traffic-related incidents, according to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund. Another 42 were shot and killed.

It can be a provocative art show. Or teenagers going out for a walk. By law and tradition, Saudi women still face many restrictions. But they keep stretching the boundaries and the pace is picking up.