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Russian officials responded by announcing plans to halt joint projects with the small Balkan nation. The last countries to join NATO were Balkan states Albania and Croatia, in 2009.

British forces are already conducting strikes in Iraq. The motion is expected to pass with the support of the ruling Conservative Party. But first, MPs will spend 10 hours swapping fierce rhetoric.

Empathy campaigns can spread like wildfire on Facebook and other social media. So how come data show that social networking sites direct very few clicks to charity donation pages?

Young adults who watch at least three hours of TV a day might end up with less cognitive function by middle age, a study finds. That's especially true if they're sedentary couch potatoes.

In a speech, the Fed chair says the U.S. economy has improved substantially since the Great Recession.

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has canceled his trip to a Paris climate change conference to address a ``challenging time'' in Chicago after the release of a…

A growing number of marketplace plans leave consumers responsible for potentially unlimited out-of-network health care bills, despite expectations that there are caps in place.

NPR's Renee Montagne talks to Michael Fassbender, who stars in the new film adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth. It opens Friday. Fassbender specializes in complex characters.

Don't call it a comeback: Blocks have been here for more than 100 years. Studies have shown they can help build language and cognition skills — and even help teach math.

The process to open combat jobs to women began in January of 2013; Thursday, Defense Secretary Ash Carter made it official across all branches of the U.S. military.