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Health care workers in short supply are reusing N95 masks amid the pandemic. Peter Tsai, who developed its virus-blocking filter, is trying to find a disinfection method that doesn't degrade the mask.

Eddie N. Williams, who spent three decades running the first black think tank in Washington, has died at the age of 84.

The district attorney in Charlotte, N.C., says the police officer who shot and killed a man won't be charged because he acted lawfully. The September shooting touched off days of violent protests.

Human rights groups are alarmed by the Trump administration's efforts to reinterpret international human rights rules.

The Museum for the United Nations has partnered with musicians to re-release some of their songs with added nature sounds to generate royalties for conservation efforts.

Witness Mark Cardona describes the scene of a commuter train crash near the Hudson River. Nancy Solomon of member station WYNC also reports what she's seeing and hearing.

This story was updated at 1:02 a.m. ET Republicans have picked up the seats they needed to retake control of the Senate and then some, with major…

The bill addresses education, sexual violence and other key issues. "Many girls in my country don't even know what their rights are," says Kanchan Amatya of Nepal.

A 21-year-old University of Virginia student, Otto Warmbier, was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor for allegedly removing a propaganda poster from a hotel in the capital city of Pyongyang.

Nigerian lawyer Zannah Mustapha is honored this week for negotiating the release of girls captured by Boko Haram and starting a school for orphans and others affected by the violence.