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The physician and pharmacologist worked at the government agency in the early 1960s, when she uncovered a link between the drug and severe birth defects.

The storm killed at least 6 people in Taiwan and has thrust millions into the dark. Some 1.4 million homes in China's Fujian province were evacuated ahead of its landfall.

Thousands of hackers have headed to Las Vegas for two conferences: Black Hat and Defcon. Much of the talk at the conferences has been devoted to security flaws in consumer devices, like cellphones.

Most every country has its myths. In South Korea, there's an enduring belief that if you fall asleep with an electric fan on, you're risking your life.

Investigators have just released old surveillance video of the Boston Isabella Stewart Gardner museum in 1990, just before it was robbed of $500 million in art. They're asking the public for help.

The RedState Gathering in Atlanta may have disinvited Donald Trump after his recent disparaging remarks, but the Trump phenomenon is very much on the minds of the conservative activists there.

In an interview with Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep, the president rejects the suggestion that political considerations put race relations on the back burner in his first term.

Dubbed "The Mark Zuckerberg of Accra," Raindolf Owusu is developing tools to bring the Internet to all Africans — and to train the next generation of tech leaders on the continent.

Sheriff's deputies discovered the carnage after a tense standoff and exchange of gunfire with a man holed up in a Houston-area home.

Summertime means summer jobs for many college students. But a summer job just doesn't have the purchasing power it used to, especially when you compare it with the cost of college.