Middels de World Breastfeeding Week wordt deze week aandacht gevraagd voor het geven van borstvoeding. Wereldwijd worden vrouwen opgeroepen om een selfie te maken terwijl zij borstvoeding geven om zo het belang aan te duiden. #brelfie.
TORONTO — Toronto city officials are asking the developers of the popular mobile game Pokemon Go to remove locations from the city’s downtown ferry terminal that has been overwhelmed by thousands of players. The game sends players into the real world to search for digital monsters known as Pokemon, which appear on screen when users
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africans voted Wednesday in municipal elections described as the most closely contested for the African National Congress since it took power in the first all-race elections in 1994.
Studies show that writing down ideas works better than saying them aloud to a group.
Burning near Napa County’s largest reservoir, Lake Berryessa, a new wildfire doubled in size overnight and triggered a series of evacuations as flames tore through acres of oak trees.
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Dinosaurs had joint pain too.
In a study published Tuesday in Royal Society Open Science, researchers describe the first known dinosaur to suffer from a crippling form of arthritis known as septic arthritis that also occurs in humans, birds and crocodiles.
The afflicted dinosaur was discovered...
Donald Trump's latest controversial comments are stealing the spotlight in the presidential campaign — leaving many in his party worried about his prospects against Hillary Clinton.
A Wall Street Journal account raises questions about whether a controversial $400 million cash payment to Iran that coincided with the release of several U.S. citizens amounted to ransom.
President Obama Monday commuted the sentences of 214 federal inmates. Clemency for non violent drug offenses has been a focus of the Obama administration, and it has overseen the commutations of more prisoners than the previous nine administrations combined.
NPR's Kelly McEvers talks to independent journalist Javier Garza about how the U.S. presidential election is viewed in Mexico. Some fear how the new president will affect Mexico's economy.
Kosovo is making its first appearance in the Olympics, sending eight athletes to the games. They are admittedly a small team but optimism and pride are strong. They have a good shot at a medal in women's judo, too.
NPR's Kelly McEvers talks to Federico Soda, director of the International Organization for Migration's Mediterranean Coordination Office, about how the number of migrant deaths in the Mediterranean Sea has increased in the last year.
A look at the senate races this year reveals Republicans playing defense in many states, but Democrats need a serious bounce to take control of the chamber.
A tea party member of Congress from Kansas is the latest member to lose a primary election this year.
Every 10 years, the corpse flower blooms, filling the air around it with the scent of rotting meat. What better way to spend a summer evening than with friends at the fragrant event.
Hillary Clinton has some very rich people supporting her, including Warren Buffett, Mark Cuban and Meg Whitman. The advantages of their support are obvious. There are also some potential downsides.
A Baptist preacher has become the unlikely leader of a social media movement that's inspired Zimbabweans to protest against their authoritarian ruler and the collapsed economy.
Sales of food labeled "non-GMO" are booming, and it's starting to annoy organic food companies. They see the non-GMO label as cut-rate competition that doesn't deliver what shoppers imagine.
Nighttime driving restrictions on teens may save lives, a study finds, but should probably be shifted to include late evening. A third of all fatal crashes with teen drivers happen after dark.
DAKOTA, Minn. — There are no suspects in an early Tuesday morning assault that sent a Dakota man to the hospital with serious injuries.
Trump's post-convention actions have challenged party members.
Bassnectar, a popular electronic artist born in Santa Cruz and based in the Bay Area, has a complicated relationship with the city of Denver.
NICOSIA, Cyprus — Hundreds of Turkish Cypriots took to the streets on Wednesday to protest against what they say is Turkey’s attempt to mold their secular culture into one that’s more in tune with Islamic norms. Some 1,500 mostly young people blew whistles and raised their hands in front of Parliament in the Turkish Cypriot
SAN FRANCISCO — As officials ask for the public’s help in finding the people who started an illegal campfire that grew into a massive wildfire north of Big Sur, authorities are considering what penalties the campers could face once they are found. The blaze has charred more than 71 square miles, destroyed 57 homes and