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A U.N. climate report says the only way to avoid the worst climate impacts will be to suck carbon emissions out of the air. Researchers are trying to find a feasible way to do that.

On Aug. 11, 2006, 16-year-old Amber Wyatt was raped. She reported it, but there was no prosecution. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Wyatt and Washington Post reporter Elizabeth Bruenig about Amber's story.

The Justice Department's embattled second in command — who is in primary command of the Russia investigation — went to the White House on Monday expecting to be terminated. But that didn't happen.

After receiving a Justice Department request for a new 2020 census question, the Census Bureau came up with another way to generate more accurate citizenship data. The DOJ refused to meet about it.

Public health officials says it's simple to save the lives of people experiencing an opioid overdose: Give an antidote. But for a bystander, that intervention can be daunting.

Atlantic journalist McKay Coppins says Gingrich "set a model for future Republican leaders" by engaging in extreme partisanship while serving as speaker of the House.

Some of the last drift gillnet fishers in the world capture swordfish off the coast of California. But their days may be numbered as lawmakers seek to phase the nets out.

Consumers favor safeguards that help people with a history of health problems still get insurance. In the heat of the midterm campaigns, politicians' arguments don't always add up.

The passage of Election Day on Tuesday may mean that special counsel Robert Mueller's office switches off passive mode and goes active again. If so, then what?

The midterms are seen as a crucial indicator of the direction of the U.S. "If the Republicans do well, then across Europe, people will be thinking Trump is not just a passing phase," says one analyst.