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Tensions are high as Palestinians are staging big "March of Return" rallies along the border for the next six weeks, in advance of the 70th anniversary of the creation of the state of Israel.

High temperatures and a severe drought have hit food production in Germany and left many farmers there wondering what they can do to survive climate change.

It's difficult. It's potentially dangerous. It's costly. And it's going on in South Sudan right now.

In a study of people from a variety of professions, dressmakers were found to have superior 3-D vision. Could their endless hours of delicate handwork be honing eyesight?

Photographer George Rodriguez has chronicled a visual history of Los Angeles over his multidecade career. His work is being celebrated in a new book as well as his first retrospective.

Last week, the International Association of Athletics Federations issued a new rule that bans women with naturally high testosterone levels from competing unless they medically reduce their testosterone levels. NPR's Audie Cornish talks about the new rule with bioethicist Katrina Karkazis.

The children were on a field trip when the airstrike hit their bus in Saada province, aid groups say. The coalition, which is backed by the U.S., says the strike was a "legitimate military action."

Iran is historically known for its pistachios. With sanctions against Iran lifted, its growers are free to sell in the U.S. Iranian nuts haven't flooded the U.S. yet — but that could soon change.

North Dakota's fortunes have taken an abrupt turn for the worse. The state was recently a destination for thousands of people seeking a better life and high paying jobs in the Bakken oil field. But oil prices have fallen nearly 70 percent, along with agriculture prices. NPR reports on how residents are handling the sudden downturn.

Mack is the newest addition to the Maryland Department of Agriculture's apiary inspection team. He uses his superior sniffer to find hives infected with a contagious disease that kills bee colonies.