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Cornell president Michael I. Kotlikoff said his university "must do better" in a video statement. "This is a defining moment in Cornell's history," he added.

The idea of law enforcement taking possession of ballots in the middle of an active election used to be considered impossible. Now, it's a scenario voting officials — and judges — are training for.

Retired pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger is known for safely landing an airplane on the Hudson River in 2009. This week, he announced that he has Alzheimer's disease.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to NBC News health and medical news reporter Erika Edwards about the expanding, multistate outbreak and the federal government's role in protecting food safety.

Twenty-five years ago, the U.S. invaded Afghanistan following the 9/11 attacks. Some Afghans who helped the U.S. prosecute that war were allowed to come to America. Now they face possible deportation.

The ancient disease of plague is back in the headlines after the death this month of a Russian lab worker.

A young Canadian mother shares her memories of being an ISIS bride, and her harrowing escape from the extremist group.

The World Health Organization says it wants more information on what caused the death of an employee at a Russian plague research lab. Russia says the woman died of pneumonia of unknown origin.

New research looks at the surprising similarities in the gut microbiomes of hunter-gathers in Tanzania and horticulturalists in Bolivia, and asks: What role do these bacteria play in human health?

There are more questions than answers regarding the death of a plague research lab employee last week in Siberia. Here's what we do and don't know.