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María de Jesús Patricio is a traditional Nahua healer from southern Jalisco. Gender and heritage aren’t the only aspects that set her apart.

President Trump thought pulling out of the Paris climate accord would make other countries stop laughing at America. It didn't work.

Polar bears probably did, too.

Security experts are concerned about Donald Trump's cellphone use. No, not his tweets, or covfefe, but his decision to give out his cell number to world leaders and telling them to call him directly.

When I ask conservatives in Middle America about climate change, the mood nearly always grows tense.

The Marshall Islands, where American scientists tested dozens of nuclear weapons, now face the challenge of rising seas.

Iraqi forces have found the best way to fight ISIS block-by-block is with a wall of steel.

Bartolo was a minor and even though the US government had placed him with his cousin when he entered the country, his cousin wasn't actually his legal custodian. No one was.

She will serve as judge, or Qadi, in Israel’s Sharia courts.

If you wear glasses, you're in a majority in most developed countries. In developing countries, few have them, but many need them. By some estimates, two billion people in developing countries need eyeglasses, but don't have access to them. One of the groups working to bridge the gap is VisionSpring, a social enterprise that has already sold 3.7 million pairs of glasses, at affordable prices, to people in Africa and Asia making $4 or less per day, helping improve learning, work productivity, and quality of life.

One way is fast and dramatic. The other is slower and leaves wiggle room.

A massive car bomb in downtown Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday killed almost 100 people and wounded hundreds more. Learn about the lives of two of the victims, and how the death of a breadwinner in Afghanistan can leave a family in financial ruin.

President Donald Trump has a new country in his crosshairs: Germany. The president says that we have a massive trade deficit Germany and this will change. But does it need to change?

As Team Syria edges closer to qualifying to compete in the 2018 World Cup, many top soccer players face a dilemma — to play for the love of sport or to play for a team that's seen as boosting a brutal dictator.

When performing her latest single, “Peligrosa,” Downs says she thought about women who are seen as “dangerous because we think, because we have opinions, because we want to go to school, because we want to be independent.”

Why are South Korea's new graduates having so much trouble finding work? Some say it's because they only want to work for big conglomerates.

It’ll be a rare glimpse of the sun’s corona — and needless to say, the scientific community is buzzing with anticipation.

New questions have been raised over a meeting between Jared Kushner — Donald Trump's son-in-law and special adviser — and a Russian banker called Sergei Gorkov. Gorkov is a graduate of the Russian intelligence academy and has ties to Vladimir Putin.

Brzezinski was perhaps best known for his role as national security adviser to President Jimmy Carter. Lesser-known is that the Roman Catholic son of an aristocratic Polish diplomat almost became Iran’s foreign minister.

Jared Kushner is an influential figure in the White House — someone who many people have realized can be a conduit to the president.

Older mouse brains, that is — but researchers hope that the findings could someday help elderly humans.

Suicide bombings claimed by the Islamic State group killed dozens of people in the Iraqi capital, just days after the start of the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.

Marine scientists estimate that over 5 trillion pieces of plastic currently litter the oceans. So is there any way to clean up all that floating mess?

Two men fatally stabbed by a white supremacist in Portland "had the absolute best intentions. They were considering someone else that they did not know, above themselves.”

Secret communications with foreign powers have a long and distinguished history. But there are circumstances when they are not appropriate.

Jim Hoft thinks the Trump presidency will be a win for the US and for the world. And he's also not worried about Russia.

Stanley Greene, one of the few African-American photojournalists who worked internationally, wanted to jolt people out of their comfort zones.

Five years ago, during Ramadan, a Missouri mosque was burned to the ground. So local Muslims built a bigger one.

To avert ecological disaster, renowned conservationist and Harvard Professor E.O. Wilson has proposed a radical idea to set aside half of Earth’s land and sea for nature.

The purplish streak has researchers excited about data from citizen science.

Carla Dove says around 13,000 bird strikes are reported to civil aviation, and another 4,000 to 5,000 from the military, every year. Her job is to identify the species.

The parade is losing major sponsors, like Goya and the Yankees, as it honors a man some label a terrorist. Meanwhile, Puerto Ricans on the island will vote on whether to become a state.

President Trump’s State Department has approved completion of the Keystone XL pipeline. But pipeline builder TransCanada still faces significant hurdles in federal court and in the state of Nebraska.

Awkward photos of Donald Trump on his foreign trip have inspired hilarious memes and caption contests. But why doesn't Trump have more control over the visual record of his presidency?

In December 2014, the Obama administration rolled out the Central American Minors Program, which gives young people the option of asking for US asylum while still in their home country.

Communities keeping an eye out for people at risk of radicalization — that's helpful to counterterrorism efforts around the world. This week, President Trump proposed cutting the US version of the program.

Otura Mun grew up in a Mennonite family in Indiana, but a visit to Puerto Rico led him to convert to the Yoruba religion. He's now an Yoruba Ifá priest, and incorporates these religious traditions into music.

Whether shoving aside Montenegro's PM or having handshake wars with France's new leader, Trump created chaos at what was meant to be a diplomatic showpiece.

Grandma Frances is tiny, and very thin, with a shock of white hair and brown eyes that are always smiling, even when she isn’t. Those eyes, though, have seen a lot.

The legendary three-time winner of the Giro d'Italia eluded Nazis by smuggling false documents in the frame of his bike during training runs.

Bonnie Raitt loves the blues, whether it's from Chicago, the Mississippi Delta or West Africa.

People rarely look up. If they did, inside a Mumbai taxi at least, they’d notice a canvas that holds the most unusual art.

The British government has formally frozen all sharing of intelligence with the US relating to the Manchester bomb attack following repeated leaks of sensitive information.

A longtime Africa correspondent looks behind the headlines in Somalia and talks about his new memoir.

Monday’s bombing at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester was, sadly, not a new experience for the city, which has been the target of various bombings since the 1970s.

When this Ugandan teacher got a new job in Kuwait, she was thrilled. But when she arrived, her passport was taken from her — and she was given a mop.

President Trump is with the organization he called "obsolete" on the campaign trail. Here's what he — and NATO — want from the meeting.

Britain has raised its terror threat level to the highest possible rating and deployed troops to guard key landmarks.

Linguist Edward Vajda went to Siberia with a hunch. He returned with evidence linking a remote Siberian language with Navajo and other Athabaskan languages.