The world is spending more on the military since global figures became available in 1988. Together, the U.S. and China make up half of the world’s military spending.

With U.S. measles cases at record highs, doctors say adults who got vaccinated prior to 1968 should consider getting revaccinated to make sure they and their neighbors are protected.

As many as 41% of American adults deceive their partners by hiding secret debts or accounts. Therapists say it’s increasingly common, and it’s both the loss of trust and resources that hurt.

How else might foreign powers be trying to interfere with American politics beyond the ways detailed in the special counsel’s investigation report?

A day after the Chabad of Poway Synagogue was attacked, Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein recounted the shooting that killed one member of the congregation and injured three others, including himself.

The Detroit native, one of the nation’s longest-serving federal judges, was a tireless champion of civil rights and civil liberties.

Lugar served six terms in the U.S. Senate. His work toward the nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction earned him the nation’s highest civilian honor in 2013.

In her new book, The Moment Of Lift, the co-founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation calls on readers to support women everywhere as a means to lift up society.

Over the past few months shootings and bombings have targeted churches, mosques and synagogues spanning three continents.

Nobody is surprised that Avengers: Endgame is a hit, but even by superhero standards, it’s had an enormous debut weekend, both in the U.S. and internationally.

Evidence is growing that 3D mammography provides more precise images and is better at detecting breast cancer — but the jury is still out on whether it saves lives.

One of TV’s most famous families laughed off measles in the 1960s. The episode has resurfaced in battles over measles vaccinations today.

Ayurvedic products and treatments based on ancient Indian healing practices are part of a multibillion-dollar industry. A yoga guru with ties to Prime Minister Narendra Modi has built a retail empire.

The president skipped the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner in favor of a rally, where he touted economic growth and mocked Democratic presidential contenders.

Looks like this year, April showers brought April flowers. As in, a bouquet of outstanding poets. So stop and smell the roses, my friends.

A construction crane hit six cars, killing four people and injuring four others. Seattle has about 60 construction cranes operating in the city.

In an apparent move to crack down on intellectual property infringement, Chinese authorities raided a company that was allegedly manufacturing and selling $30 million worth of counterfeit Legos.

The mayor of Poway, Calif. said the shooting at the Chabad of Poway synagogue near San Diego was a “hate crime.” A 19-year-old man has been arrested.

The disclosure from one of the largest archdioceses in the U.S. follows similar revelations that further exposed the depth of a decades-long abuse crisis in Catholic communities across the nation.

Attorney General Letitia James’ announcement came shortly after the president of the gun rights group, Oliver North, said he would not seek a second term.

A wife and then a mother to Canadian prime ministers, she addresses her time in the public eye and her battles with mental illness in an upcoming one-woman show called Certain Woman Of An Age.

In Vermont, there are more elderly patients with medical needs than there are nursing homes. A growing number of families in the state are opening their homes to the elderly as an alternative.

Charity Sunshine Tillemann-Dick died this week at age 35. She was an opera singer who underwent double lung transplants twice. NPR’s Scott Simon got to know her and her family.

It’s not a front-runner, but the Vox party is predicted to win some legislative seats, giving Spain its first far-right lawmakers in about four decades.

Refugee women from a group called Newcomer Kitchen are cooking traditional Levantine food for their community in Toronto — and have found a way to share it with displaced Syrians in the Middle East.

The more than 250-mile, $6 billion railway is set to cut through the northern part of Laos and is primarily financed and built by the Chinese. So far, the project has mostly employed Chinese workers.

Amnesty International says the U.S.-led coalition offensive against ISIS in the Syrian city killed nearly 1,600 civilians, or about 1,400 more than the U.S. military has acknowledged.

“We will never surrender America’s sovereignty to an unelected, unaccountable, global bureaucracy,” the president said. He announced the move at the National Rifle Association’s convention.

The court said that the state’s Bill of Rights “allows a woman to make her own decisions regarding her body … decisions that can include whether to continue a pregnancy.”

In their new book Compassionomics, two doctors review the field of compassion research. Their finding? When physicians take time to connect and express care, both patients and doctors benefit.

After Britain voted in 2016 to leave the European Union, many feared other countries would follow and the EU might collapse. But Brexit’s chaotic example has helped strengthen the EU’s standing.

The Denver-area crash involved at least 24 cars and four semitrucks. One of the trucks was carrying a flatbed full of lumber — which contributed to a large fire on the roadway.

The government lost track of thousands of kids it had separated from families trying to cross at the U.S.-Mexico border. Now the administration has six months to find them.

Six Border Patrol checkpoints in southern New Mexico and Texas are temporarily closed as agents were diverted to the border. Local officials worry illegal narcotics are flowing northward unchecked.

Critic Chris Klimek crunches the numbers to examine how and why blockbuster films like Avengers: Endgame grew to such great, bladder-busting lengths.

Havlicek was voted one of the 50 greatest players in NBA history. He played 16 seasons with the Celtics — eight of them as NBA champions. Boston media report he had Parkinson’s disease.