U.S. troops have been in Syria since late 2015. The move is a reversal of U.S. policy: Earlier this month, Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis said troops would stay to stabilize the country.

The U.S. Federal Reserve is raising the benchmark borrowing rate to a range of 2.25 percent to 2.50 percent, a move that would put it at the highest level in a decade.

An NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds that 52 percent don’t want the country to become more politically correct and are upset there are too many things people can’t say anymore.

A key step in running for president: laying out a foreign-policy vision showing he or she can command the military and keep the country safe. Several likely candidates are hard at work on this front.

As the number of people who inject drugs and share needles has soared, the rate of infection with hep C has climbed, too. Yet many drug treatment patients aren’t tested for the liver-damaging virus.

New research shared exclusively with NPR suggests that Pyongyang is refining its weapons technology through open scientific research. China leads the way in scientific collaboration with North Korea.

The review comes in response to an NPR and Frontline investigation that revealed the failure of government regulators to identify and prevent dangerous conditions.

The Senate voted in favor of legislation that would reduce sentences for some drug crimes and offer training programs for prisoners.

The judges acknowledged that the complaints are “serious” but noted there is no existing authority for lower court judges to hold Supreme Court justices accountable.

The criminal and civil cases related to the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School are just beginning — and they raise a number of thorny questions about who is responsible for a tragedy.

In a surprise policy change, the Department of Health and Human Services plans to speed the vetting of sponsors so that more migrant children can be released from custody.

In the Florida Keys, a US citizen is suing the Sheriff’s office for detaining him on behalf of federal immigration authorities, who mistakenly identified him as a criminal alien.

The 600-foot long ship was stranded just a few hundred feet from shore. Curious onlookers gathered onshore to watch rescue operations near the English city of Falmouth.

Every year, Reporters Without Borders investigates how many journalists were killed, imprisoned or held hostage. In 2018, the group saw an increase in every category.

As sales of plant-based substitutes like almond milk rise and cow milk sales decline, the meat industry sees a cautionary tale. With meat alternatives growing, Big Beef takes the fight to regulators.

Accepting the peace prize, Dr. Denis Mukwege called for a global fund to compensate survivors of sexual violence. He’s already laying the groundwork, but challenges loom.

A new poll shows more than half of Britons would support holding another Brexit referendum. Prime Minister Theresa May warned a new vote would “do irreparable damage to the integrity of our politics.”

The judge ordered both sides to file status reports by March 13. He said he has outstanding questions, including how the Russia investigation was impeded and the impact of Flynn’s lies on the inquiry.

New regulations will bar the sale of the accessories that enable rifles to fire faster and require current owners to turn them in or destroy them.

According to a new report, China’s war against air pollution shows promising results. But there is evidence of backsliding as winter nears.

“A new era of American national security in space begins today,” the vice president said at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

The decision comes after Republican Sen. Jon Kyl, who had been a temporary replacement after John McCain’s death in August, announced last week he would step down at the end of the year.

A partnership between a mental health care provider and colleges is redefining emergency mental health care on campus – helping students get needed care without losing track of their academic goals.

SpaceX had been scheduled to launch a new GPS satellite; Blue Origin was supposed to follow with its own launch for NASA minutes later. Two other launches were to follow.

The Trump administration hit Iran with sanctions after pulling out of the nuclear deal. That’s hurt the Iranian economy — and emboldened hard-liners.

If implanted medical devices fail, patients and their insurers usually have to pay for repairs. That financial responsibility falls to them even when the problems were solely with the devices.

Booker is introducing a bill this week in response to an investigation by the Center for Public Interest and NPR. He calls drug firms’ infiltration into Medicaid’s decision process “nefarious.”

The network explained its decision, saying “there are grounds to terminate for cause, including his willful and material misfeasance” and failure to cooperate with the company’s investigation.

The Holland Tunnel became the subject of a fervent petition to change which letters its holiday decorations should adorn. In what could be called a Christmas miracle, the Port Authority listened.

Seven weeks after President Maithripala Sirisena sacked Ranil Wickremesinghe, the ousted premier got his job back. The move caps what has been a surprising showdown in the island nation.

“I’m showing that trans women can be whatever they want to be: a teacher, a mother, a doctor, a politician and even Miss Universe,” Miss Spain, Angela Ponce, said recently.

“In fact, we’re growing faster outside the [San Francisco] Bay Area than within it,” says Chief Financial Officer Ruth Porat, a senior vice president of both Google and its parent company, Alphabet.

The U.S. bank and two of its former bankers face criminal charges in connection with Malaysia’s 1MDB scandal, which involves billions of dollars allegedly stolen from a development fund.

A former Tennessee governor and U.S. secretary of Education, the Republican is currently the chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.

The Islamist militants have refused to negotiate with the Afghan government in Kabul — but a Taliban spokesman said Monday that they were speaking with the U.S., along with several other countries.