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No member of Spain's parliament has ever been a person of color — until now. Rita Bosaho is a nurse turned politician, born in Equatorial Guinea. "I hope I can empower minorities," she says.

A tool for modifying genes is spreading through the biomedical research world like wildfire. As part of the series Joe's Big Idea, NPR's Joe Palca explores why CRISPR-Cas9 is becoming indispensable.

Will choice and competition really improve academic quality? A new study out of New Orleans complicates the picture.

The White House made inaccurate assertions about the president's travel ban, the reshuffling of the National Security Council and even about a massacre — that never took place.

Most notably, a 22-year-old German wide receiver could be the first player drafted straight from Europe to the NFL.

Heroin and other opioid overdoses are projected to kill 400 people in New Hampshire this year. Many of them are young. And now one mom is painting portraits of those who overdosed.

A U.S. Army two-star major general was killed Tuesday in a shooting at a training facility in Afghanistan. In what looks to be a case of "green on blue" violence, a man wearing an Afghan army uniform opened fire at the Marshal Fahim National Defense University.

Americans Scott Brown and Andrew Loupe share a one-shot lead over five golfers, including three PGA Tour rookies, entering today's second round of the $6.5 million Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines Golf Course in La Jolla.

The Senate Minority Leader says he endorses the deal because it prevents Iran from making good on threats against Israel. The support of the Senate's top Democrat is a big boost for President Obama.

Donna Edwards is vying to be just the second black woman ever elected to the Senate. But not all of the state's black female leaders or African-American members of Congress are lining up behind her.