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The U.N. has set the goal of eliminating extreme poverty and reducing the toll of disease by 2030. But there's a surprising obstacle.

The probe continues into what officials say was a triple suicide bombing at Istanbul's Ataturk Airport Tuesday. Families are holding funerals for their loved ones — mostly Turks are among the dead.

Dorrance was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship on Tuesday. For her, tap dance is the ultimate art form. "To be able to be a dancer and a musician at the same time — there's nothing like it," she says.

Justin Trudeau will take office Wednesday as prime minister after last month's election win. Conservatives were in power for nearly a decade. Steve Inskeep talks to James Baxter of iPolitics.

Network officials are gathered in New York this week to present their new fall lineups to advertisers. Renee Montagne talks to Kim Masters, of The Hollywood Reporter and host of KCRW's The Business.

NPR's Melissa Block talks with Richard Justice, a correspondent for MLB.com, about the FBI investigation into the St. Louis Cardinals for allegedly hacking the Houston Astros.

The principal, Amy Robertson, resigned after Pittsburg High School's student paper investigated her claim of having degrees from Corllins University, an entity whose legitimacy has been questioned.

A project called the Event Horizon Telescope is analyzing data taken earlier this year using interferometry — and we may be remarkably close to "seeing" a black hole, says astrophysicist Adam Frank.

For decades, first-year medical students have had to cram the details of the cellular metabolism cycle into their heads. Some med schools say it's time to quit cramming and focus on patients' lives.

In upcoming congressional fights, a group of senators are highly sought by the White House for support. They are Democrats who are up for re-election in 2018 in states that Donald Trump won in 2016.