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The United Arab Emirates has been criticized for human rights violations but is now overhauling its laws to ease up on some social and economic restrictions.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has crossed the Middle East trying to keep the war between Israel and Hamas from spreading.

Unless mothers are treated during pregnancy, newborns can sicken, die or face lifelong disabilities. The CDC is urging public health providers to connect more people to testing and medication.

Gaza militants have infiltrated Israel in several locations, while militants inside Gaza fired a heavy barrage of rockets toward central and southern Israel, the Israeli military says.

Two new studies suggest that stem cells are close to helping people with Parkinson's disease. The results are a victory for scientists who have spent decades trying to treat it with brain cells.

Champion chess player and Soviet dissident Garry Kasparov has a few thoughts about how well democracy in the U.S. is doing. He tells NPR's Scott Simon that it's not America first - it's America alone.

On the 30th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing, a theater production brings the stories of survivors and victims to the next generation.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Gillian Tett, a columnist at the Financial Times, about the global economic fallout from President Trump's tariff policies.

Fans of Classic Coke mark the 40th anniversary of the travesty that was New Coke, released On April 23, 1985.

One week after a mass shooting with teenage victims and suspects, the small city of Las Cruces is figuring out how to move forward.