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President-elect Donald Trump promised to limit transgender health care access and ban trans athletes from school sports. We asked two experts what that would mean for trans people in the U.S.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Emily Watson and Olivia Williams, who play the leads in the HBO prequel series "Dune: Prophecy." The season premiere airs on Max on November 17.

A blanket of thick smog has settled over swaths of South Asia. One of the hardest-hit areas is the Indian capital Delhi and the surrounding region, which is home to an estimated 34 million people.

Police officers backed Trump's reelection, but police reform advocates wonder what that will mean for police accountability

As federal health agencies change their approach to vaccine policy leaving access for COVID shots uncertain, some states are taking things into their own hands.

The Harlem Hellfighters, who became legends for their service during World War I, were honored this week with a Congressional Gold Medal.

Daniel Tammet is a savant who experiences his world through equations and calculations. His new book, a collection of essays called Thinking In Numbers, explores language, history and even love through numbers.

Entrepreneurs in Albuquerque, N.M., the setting of the TV series Breaking Bad, have created blue "meth" rock candy, "Bathing Bad" bath products, and a tour of sites used in filming the series. That has some critics worried all the moneymaking glorifies drugs.

President Obama's trip to Africa comes at a time of increasing African economic growth and declining U.S. influence on the continent. To be successful, he will need to overcome a general perception that the United States has withdrawn from Africa. At the same time, he must convince an American public and private sector that getting more invested in Africa will be good for American jobs and the economy.

Three scientists learned they carry genes that dramatically increase their risk for Alzheimer's disease. Now they're working to keep their brains healthy.