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The extraordinary life of George Edwin Taylor and what it can tell us about politics in America — then and now.

One in three Native students are what's considered "chronically absent," in this state. Educators on the Wind River Indian Reservation say that's a major factor holding back student achievement.

It typically causes fever and joint pain. A new study looks at a possible link to encephalitis, a brain infection.

Over 300 hospitals and clinics have been hit with bombs and missiles. Nearly 700 medical workers have been killed. Only Syrian President Bashar Assad has the air power to conduct these attacks.

Largest study to date finds women who have abnormal mammograms but negative results from further tests have a somewhat higher risk of developing breast cancer during the next 10 years.

After losing jobs and people for half a century, the region in upstate New York is finally growing again. Refugees may be one reason why: Roughly 10,000 have resettled in the area since 2003.

Tehran's Museum of Contemporary Art has a spectacular collection of 20th century Western art. But until now, most of it has been locked away in a vault since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

David Greene profiles an unlikely manufacturer in Los Angeles, for our "American Made" series. Julie B. is a toymaker who has had to adapt to stay in business. Her company moved from toys to art.

Even as a bipartisan group of Senators introduced a bill to tighten potential security gaps in the visa waiver program, they acknowledge the measure has limits on how effective it might be.

Steve Inskeep talks to Mary Mitchell, a Chicago Sun-Times columnist, about the firing of the police superintendent, a week after a video showed a white officer shooting a black teenager 16 times.