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Israeli forces struck a humanitarian zone in the Gaza Strip, targeting the chief of the armed wing of Hamas. Dozens of people were reported killed.

Alabama voters head to the polls Tuesday in a primary to fill Attorney General Jeff Sessions' vacant Senate seat. Voters will choose Republican and Democrat candidates for the seat that opened when Sessions joined the White House.

A long process to ease trading between the U.S. and 11 Pacific Rim nations is closer to being finalized, as negotiators cleared hurdles on how to handle everything from cars to dairy products.

They eat up administrators' time, many students think they discriminate against girls and aren't there much more important things to worry about?

The people of Haiti are casting votes for president in the first round of elections for a new leader, as well as a host of other nationwide positions. Reporter Peter Granitz details the scene.

The Democratic presidential candidate says she would act through executive action to close the "gun-show loophole" and tighten Internet sales, if Congress doesn't act.

This election season is more frenzied than those in recent memory, says a top GOP lawyer. Renee Montagne talks to Benjamin Ginsberg, about why the nominating contest won't be over for months.

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Jennifer Turner, director of the Woodrow Wilson Center's China Environment Forum, about the toxic waste disaster in Shenzhen, China.

Hint: It's not the United States. (We're number 2). And it's definitely not a country from the Western world.

Paul Ryan will officially ask his party to nominate him for speaker of the House on Wednesday. He has secured the support of the most conservative and rebellious members, but can he govern them?