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As more U.S. states approve marijuana for medical or recreational use, the price for pot growers in Mexico is falling. This could change the business model for narcotraffickers as well.

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford's use of crack has embarrassed the city he serves and made his name into a punch line. In her "Can I Just Tell You" essay, host Michel Martin looks beyond the jokes, to what Ford's situation says about addiction.

A Maine medical school and nearby hospice center are trying out a VR program aimed at fostering more empathy for dying patients among health workers-in-training. Not everyone is sold on the idea.

In Kerala, a part of India known as "land of coconuts," male coconut pickers are turning to other jobs. Women are among the new trainees.

President Trump is back in the U.S. after a brief trip to Iraq to visit U.S. troops. The stop comes as Trump faces intense scrutiny for his decision to pull back on troop deployments elsewhere.

A growing body of research shows keeping a log of what you are thankful for can lower stress, help you sleep better, and may even reduce the risk of heart disease. But it's not for everyone.

A study found parachutes were no more effective than backpacks in preventing harm to people jumping from aircraft. The researchers' tongue-in-cheek experiment makes a deeper point about science.

More than half the states passed dozens of gun control measures in 2018, including what are known as "red flag" laws, according to the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence.

It is difficult to find work if you've been incarcerated. Outside Seattle, one women's prison is trying to give inmates a better chance by training some of them for nontraditional jobs.

With the help of American volunteers from a variety of churches, a family of refugees from the Democratic Republic of the Congo was welcomed recently to its new home in Silver Spring, Md.