In eastern Ukraine, white nylon nets now stretch over roads and city streets, a low-tech defense against deadly FPV drones that dominate the battlefield and threaten civilians near the front line.

A new analysis represents the largest effort yet to systematically parse all the data from high-quality clinical trials on cannabis and mental health. The evidence is lacking.

Activists in Vermont are rallying in solidarity with three people who were detained last week in a chaotic immigration raid that drew

Afghanistan has accused Pakistan of targeting a hospital for drug users in the Afghan capital with an airstrike, marking a dramatic escalation of a conflict that began late last month. Pakistan has dismissed the accusation.

A daughter tells a story about her father, a taxi driver in Miami, who talked up her ambition to a repeat customer and got $50 specifically for her -- just enough for a life-changing opportunity.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Max Graham, a writer for High Country News, about Alaska's declining caribou population, and the state's plan to save them by shooting predators like grizzlies and wolves.

The goal in the world of global health is to bring an end to this scourge by 2030. A new drug looks as if it could do the job.

On Monday Cuba was plunged into an island-wide blackout affecting 11 million people after a "complete disconnection" of its electrical system, officials said, amid a worsening fuel shortage.

Anti-vaccine activists rally supporters to try to keep the momentum going on changing federal vaccine policies. This comes even as the White House tries to tamp down attention to the unpopular issue ahead of the midterm elections, and a powerful federal advisory committee plans to meet to consider even more moves.

U.S. gasoline prices are up nearly 80 cents from a month ago, while diesel prices have shot up even more. Diesel is now just under $5 a gallon, according to AAA, up $1.34 from last month.

The killing of Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei raises questions about whether the U.S., as a democracy, should be in the business of assassinating foreign leaders.

A major winter storm is bringing blizzard conditions from Iowa to northern Michigan and severe thunderstorms to Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee. The stormy weather will reach the mid-Atlantic this afternoon.

The blockade is driving up oil and gas prices and cutting off a large portion of the world's crude oil supply.