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Earlier this week, the people of Pakistan elected a new parliament, with the majority of the seats going to the party of the slain former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. Economist Zehra Aftab and Professor Ali Cheema discuss the significance of the power shift.

Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner Dr. Thomas Gilson testified on Capitol Hill Thursday. He was part of a Senate panel addressing the increased use of synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl and carfentanyl, in the U-S. Less than six months into 2017, Gilson predicts an approximately 21 percent increase in total overdose deaths compared to last year in Cuyahoga County.

Also: There's been another death in the U.S. linked to Takata airbags; South Africa wants to leave the International Criminal Court; and church bells toll worldwide for Aleppo.

Venezuela has just about every economic advantage a country could ask for: fertile land, good climate, educated population, and oil, lots and lots of oil. So how did it go so wrong?

A bear being fish-slapped. A decidedly not-regal eagle. An unfortunate buffalo/bird interaction.

The everyday ant seldom gets close enough to a microphone to be amplified and heard but 'The World According to Sound' podcast manages to let us listen to the insects as they go about their day.

The Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties and Pennsylvania's State System of Higher Education reached a tentative agreement on the third day of a walkout.

According to a 2013 study by the U.S. Department of Education and the National Institute for Literacy , 21 percent of adults in the United States read...

Also: Tropical Storm Cindy moves toward Louisiana; former Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson will testify about Russia's meddling in U.S. elections; and Mattel is releasing diverse Ken dolls.

It seems like more and more of the U.S. government's business is taking place behind closed doors. What aren't we being told, and why?