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There are more than 2 million women veterans in the U.S. NPR spoke with six of them to find out what their service means to them.

Tasting rooms have been nearly empty when normally they'd be packed.

"Economic concepts don't readily lend themselves to cartoons," says the former secretary of Labor, a talented cartoonist who's put a lot of thought into drawing abstract ideas like tax expenditures.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Iair Arcavi, postdoctoral fellow in astrophysics at UC Santa Barbara, about the strange behavior of supernova iPTF14hls. This star doesn't seem to want to die.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to Tracey Baptiste about her new novel. Drawing on myths of her native Trinidad and Tobago, Baptiste tackles the history of the slave trade for young readers.

We asked for your stories about living on $100,000 a year. Next week: Do you suffer from PTSD? Have you recovered or not? Call 202-216-9217 and leave us a message about your experience.

President Trump held a joint news conference with Vietnam's president. Trump travels to the Philippines next, where on Monday he'll be the first U.S. leader to meet with President Rodrigo Duterte.

President Trump says he agrees with U.S. intelligence agencies, which found Russia interfered in last year's presidential election. He said that after previous statements seemed to suggest otherwise.

The Paradise Papers dump revealed the extent to which the wealthy hide their assets from the government through offshore tax havens. Michael Montgomery of the Center for Investigative Reporting is one of hundreds of journalists poring over the papers.

Following accusations of sexual misconduct last week, the singer issued a blanket apology for his behavior, while his band postponed a U.K. tour.

The floodgates have opened on calling out sexual abuse and harassment. Are we at a tipping point? What’s on the other side?

"It's an extraordinary speed for an eight-year-old to be having the sole control of a vehicle," said Acting Premier of Western Australia Roger Cook.

Irina Zhorov of WHYY's The Pulse looks at one story of what happens when natural history collections bow to other priorities.

Sean Hannity is getting increasingly lonely in his defense of Roy Moore after accusations that the Senate candidate initiated sexual contact with a 14-year-old girl in 1979. Critics are calling for a boycott of Hannity — with some success.

Rescue workers in Iran are trying to dig out survivors from the rubble after a major earthquake struck along its border with Iraq yesterday. Hundreds are dead, and thousands are injured and in need of shelter.

Dr. Jerad Gardner is a pioneer in using Twitter and Facebook so doctors around the world can talk about puzzling cases. The practice has its critics as well as its supporters.

The Portland artist with the most mispronounced name in hip-hop puts on an unforgettable performance.

For the first time in 60 years, Italy won't advance to the World Cup. It lost a qualifying match to Sweden Monday night. David Greene talks to journalist Christopher Livesay, who's in Rome.

Louise Erdrich's new novel is a frequently bizarre near-future dystopia that never really comes close to getting off the ground, but it won't dent her reputation as one of the country's best writers.

The Food and Drug Administration says there's not enough proof that the herbal supplement kratom works for opioid withdrawal and other conditions. It also says kratom can cause health problems.