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The pace of poisonings in the so-called Tide Pods Challenge continues to grow. The candy-like appearance of the packets draws easy criticism. Procter & Gamble says it's not planning a new design.

A new study looks at patient records for a variety of cancers from 71 countries. Some of the data is encouraging — and some is discouraging.

When Bill Nye said he would attend the speech alongside Rep. Jim Bridenstine, the Trump administration's nominee for NASA administrator, it didn't sit well with some scientists.

Many journalists and pundits refer to J.D. Vance's memoir Hillbilly Elegy for a better understanding of the people who live in the Appalachia region. That doesn't sit well with historian Elizabeth Catte, so she wrote her rebuttal in What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia.

Hungary has secretly reduced the number of asylum-seekers it will allow into the country to two per day, one at each transit zone. Hungary is the main access to Europe from the Balkan route.

An Amtrak passenger train came into contact with a CSX freight train early Sunday morning in Cayce, S.C.

They want the vice president to use his trip to Cairo to push for their freedom. There are nearly 20 Americans among the tens of thousands of political prisoners in Egypt today.

The goal is to customize treatments for cancer and other diseases to a patient's own biology. But something as simple as failing to take care of tissue samples en route to the lab can derail that.

NPR's Kelly McEvers speaks with Suzanne Maloney, of the Brookings Institution and editor of Markaz, a blog about Middle East politics, about the protests in Iran.

One crew member was found dead, and 31 others are missing as of Monday. Rescue efforts are hampered by bad weather. The environmental impact of the crash was not immediately clear.