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Now that recreational marijuana use in California and other states is legal for adults and marketers are ramping up ads, youth drug educators fear that kids may think it's safe for them to light up.

U.S. officials were slow to provide details about the agreements announced during Trump's trip abroad. Many of the deals were nonbinding — others had been in the works since Obama's administration.

Armed with cotton swabs, strong solvents and a lot of training, conservators are entrusted with restoring priceless works of art. At the National Gallery of Art we learn that varnish is enemy No. 1.

Pahinui, who succumbed to health complications possibly caused by exposure to Agent Orange while serving in Vietnam, was drawn at a young age to the backyard sessions his father regularly held.

U.S.-backed Juan Guaidó has declared himself president as he leads a high-stakes charge to end Nicolás Maduro's regime. Hitting back against U.S. support for Guaidó, Maduro ordered U.S. diplomats out.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Harvard political scientist Maya Sen about the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals and judicial ideology, following President Trump's criticism of what he says is liberal bias.

Over 100,000 people in the continent die each year from foodborne illnesses. A new report looks at the reasons the toll is so high.

This week, the newly constituted conservative Supreme Court majority will weigh how the federal government should treat religious symbols paid for with taxpayer funds.

In Kerala, a part of India known as "land of coconuts," male coconut pickers are turning to other jobs. Women are among the new trainees.

NPR's Melissa Block asks the Washington Post's national political reporter Robert Costa to assess chances of progress toward ending the partial federal government shutdown, now in its 30th day.