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Sarah Chayes, a senior associate in the Democracy and Rule of Law Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, says politicians from both sides of the aisle are not taking seriously enough their duty to ensure they're not turning their government role into an opportunity to make a buck.

The Chinese Communist Party just wrapped up its big once-every-five-years political meeting in Beijing. President Xi Jinping was the man of the hour.

“We never have really figured out how to make the idea of the horse as a symbol of freedom, and the practical biology of protecting and yet limiting this horse, work,” says author David Philipps.

“You have a small, untested power company going in to help a desperate, bankrupt utility.”

When you think of the world’s great tea-growing regions, you might think of parts of India, Sri Lanka, China or Kenya. Odds are, though, you don’t think of Pickens, South Carolina, a small, economically-depressed town in Appalachia. But one man in Pickens is on a mission to change that.

When you think of New York wildlife, whales probably aren’t the first animals that come to mind — but they’re native to the waters around the city, and they're back.

Evidence is mounting that Russian trolls working for the Kremlin-linked Internet Research Agency stoked divisions in the US during the last election, going as far as to contact US-based activists to promote and organize rallies and other actions.

A historian, who lost a son in Iraq, says the White House is putting military officers on a sort of pedestal that doesn't serve democracy.

The reaction to the Harvey Weinstein scandal in Russia has been the opposite of the reaction in Europe and the US.

It's part of fa'asamoa — the Samoan way of life.

Lead singer Nina Osegueda inspires A Sound of Thunder to record a version of the region's anthem.

Farmers in Pennsylvania say the changing climate is changing the future of farming, in ways both good and bad.

Science Friday host Ira Flatow spoke to three nuclear experts to learn more about what modern nuclear war might look like.

A leaked report says Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke wants to shrink or alter some national monuments in order to allow greater commercial use of the land.

The sexual harassment allegations against film mogul Harvey Weinstein have sparked a global conversation about the issue of harassment in the workplace. We devoted all of Friday's program to this issue.

With Catalonia threatening to declare independence from Spain, we look into the origins of the dispute between Barcelona and Madrid.

The standup comedian reveals his gateway guilty pleasure.

How much time do you spend looking — really looking — at a work of art? Not enough, says Arden Reed.

A deep dive into the most ubiquitous horror movie technique.

What happened when iconic filmmaker Agnès Varda and artist JR teamed up for a road trip? They brought art to the people of rural France.

Camille's latest album is titled "Oui." There's texture and wordplay. And you may not always understand what Camille is singing about, but she's OK with that.

Some Syrian parents are marrying off their young daughters to protect them from the ravages of war, but these girls yearn for an education.

“It’s not just one species, it seems there’s basically a kind of wholesale collapse of wild insects,” says Dave Goulson, a co-author of a new study published in the online journal PLoS ONE on Wednesday.

He may be facing charges over alleged EU subsidy fraud, but billionaire businessman Andrej Babis still appears poised to win this weekend's Czech general election pushing his trademark anti-corruption and anti-euro ticket.

Estimates range from the hundreds of thousands to a million who will leave Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria.

After brutal battling over Raqqa, challenges lie ahead for the alliance now holding the Syrian city: Kurdish and Arab fighters, backed by the US, have to rule over a Sunni Arab city that they destroyed, and a population that views them with suspicion.

When The World's Monica Campbell returned to her home in Mexico City, she arrived to chaos. People were trying their best to rebuild or they were leaving altogether. Her neighborhood in particular was among the hardest hit.

A new presidential directive on refugees says prospective entrants to the US must meet certain unspecified assimilation criteria. Experts say this is the first time they've ever seen such language and are concerned over its implications.

“There are crooks everywhere you look now. The situation is desperate” wrote Daphne Caruana Galizia, barely 30 minutes before she was killed.

The latest version of President Donald Trump's travel ban was set to take effect Wednesday. But it was stopped. Again.

This is why the head of Indian Affairs offered up a Colorado reservation as a site to imprison Japanese Americans during World War II.

The Kurds occupied Kirkuk at the behest of the Americans and a promise that they could keep the territory they took from ISIS.

Barbara Dane, founder of Paredon Records tells us where to find protest music today.

From satellites and aircraft, scientists can examine the structure of ecosystems, even their chemical properties, to determine their health.

Hundreds of deadly wildfires in Portugal and Spain have killed more than 40 people.

The North Koreans called him "the king of US spies." But the US military nearly erased the story of Donald Nichols, a US Air Force officer who played an outsized role in the Korean War.

Some former Raqqa residents worry about what's next for their city.

Containerized shipping has revolutionized consumer behaviors, but it presents a new set of logistical challenges.

The Kurds of northern Iraq are no longer in charge of Kirkuk, the city they protected from ISIS. Ben Van Heuvelen, editor-in-chief of Iraq Oil Report, explains what's at stake.

The official count is now 48 deaths. But reporters thought that number seemed off.

Researchers in New Zealand are learning more about what makes the little maggots light up.

Iraqi forces took the disputed city of Kirkuk from the control of the Kurds — both allies in the US-led coalition against ISIS. President Donald Trump says the US won't take sides.

One Minnesota man was in Mogadishu for a job interview. Another was about to meet members of his family. Then Somalia's deadliest terrorist attack happened.

In January 2015, Malcolm Bird took his 1-year-old daughter, Collette, to an emergency room after she started bleeding heavily from a cut on her finger. The doctor cleaned up the cut, put a Band-Aid on it, and sent them home.

Clifton Daniel used to dislike living in his grandfather Harry Truman’s shadow. Now, he’ll play him onstage.

Projections suggest far-right Sebastian Kurz, to become world's youngest leader.

Occasional fires are important for the cycles of many ecosystems, but this year’s heavy fire season shows the mark of human influence.

In remote areas of the world, traditional lab testing for malaria can be difficult. Researchers are finding unexpected consequences in the use of rapid diagnostic tests.

Whether it's a scientific study in an online database or a simple cellphone photo of a species posted on Facebook, the surge of online data on rare animals and plants is inadvertently fueling a vast illegal trade.

In films, our memories can be recorded and downloaded. Neuroscientist Steve Ramirez weighs in on the real-life state of memory research.