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House Speaker Paul Ryan and Sen. Tim Scott hosted a forum in South Carolina Saturday on how Republicans plan to combat poverty. About half of the GOP presidential candidates shared their ideas.

The country executed 47 people today, including a prominent cleric for the minority Shia in the Kingdom. Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr was a vocal critic of the Saudi monarchy and was arrested in 2012.

With Ted Cruz and Donald Trump racing for first place in next month's primary, Bush and Rubio are vying for third, which would give them momentum going in to the New Hampshire primary.

NPR's Linda Wertheimer speaks with sports correspondent Tom Goldman about the most memorable events in the athletic world this year.

The plane bound for St. Petersburg, Russia, from the Egyptian town of Sharm el-Sheikh plummeted "abruptly from 31,000 feet just 23 minutes" after it took off, according to The Associated Press.

The country votes Sunday in its most important election in a quarter-century. The best-known politician is barred from the presidency, but Suu Kyi says she'll be calling the shots if her party wins.

President Obama has rejected the application to complete the Keystone XL pipeline. Bruce Huber, professor of energy law at the University of Notre Dame, talks about the Keystone pipeline decision.

Russia responded angrily to the report which said there is alleged widespread drug use by the country's track and field athletes, and corruption in Russia's main sample testing laboratory.

The pre-Thanksgiving potluck with friends has become increasingly popular. As long as you're reinventing tradition, a nonprofit asks, why not turn it into a fundraiser to help feed hungry kids?

Two new studies of the dwarf planet might make it harder for people to imagine Ceres as a space colony or way station for an advanced race.