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The United Nations Security Council will begin straw polls Thursday to whittle down the field of candidates for the next U.N. secretary-general. Seven candidates are running to replace António Guterres.

The International Criminal Court voted to remove the global tribunal's chief prosecutor on Friday, nearly two years after sexual misconduct allegations against him first emerged, the court's oversight body announced.

A first-of-its-kind national study looks at the impacts of cell phone bans in schools.

The search for survivors is entering a critical stage in Venezuela. NPR'S Eyder Peralta reports from La Guaira where rescue crews are still hoping to find people alive.

Thirty years after the killing of Tupac Shakur, jury selection is set to begin Monday in Las Vegas for a former gang member implicated in the rapper's death.

Rescues of people buried under rubble after a massive earthquake struck Colombia are becoming less frequent three days after the temblor. Local authorities are doing what they can for survivors.

Five states hold primary elections Tuesday in races that could signal the future for the Democratic and Republican parties.

A study of more than 2,300 9- to 10-year-olds found that socioeconomic factors explained most differences in the preteens' brain development.

Money continues to pour into primaries, including Alaska where Super PACs have spent more than $2 million to help their preferred candidate by trying to game the state's unique voting system.

In the Big Bend area of West Texas, contractors are beginning to set the stage to build the Trump administration's planned border wall and barriers, despite bipartisan opposition.