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In many countries, midwives get little respect. Selamawit Lake Fenta of Ethiopia tells why she is proud of her profession — and how she's advancing rights for midwives.

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was buried in Moscow Friday. Thousands of mourners were there along with a large police presence. The event remained peaceful.

The White House is expected to issue guidance soon about President Trump's ban on transgender people in the military. Also, Defense Secretary James Mattis is traveling in the Middle East.

Abbas became interested in religion while covering the Iranian Revolution. "I could see that the waves of passion [that were] raised by the Revolution were not going to stop at the borders," he says.

The Detroit Symphony Orchestra has struggled financially, but after much work, it's set itself on solid footing and become a bright spot in a struggling city.

Researchers have created an artificial neural network that analyzes an image of a dish and tells you how to make it. Still in the early stages, the technology might help improve our dietary health.

The National Transportation Safety Board is looking into what caused the two engines on a US Airways jetliner to fail shortly after takeoff Thursday from New York's LaGuardia Airport. The plane ditched in the Hudson River near midtown Manhattan. All 155 people aboard were quickly pulled to safety aboard rescue craft and private boats.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Jake Parker of the U.S.-China Business Council in Beijing about China's retaliatory tariffs after the Trump administration last week increased tariffs on Chinese goods.

to keep a fairly constant sleep schedule to be productive and healthy. Researchers found that our internal biological clocks can adjust to sleeping during daylight hours...the trouble comes from constantly switching back and forth to different sleep schedules.

NPR's David Greene talks to New York University law professor Rachel Barkow about President Trump granting clemency to 11 people, including former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.