President Gerald Ford shakes hands with Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev on Nov. 24, 1974, in a meeting in the Soviet city of Vladivostok. Several weeks later, Ford signed a law that would place restrictions on Soviet trade with the U.S. for nearly four decades. AP hide caption toggle caption AP President Gerald Ford shakes hands

Aedes aegypti mosquitos in various stages of development displayed in Brazil in 2016. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mario Tama/Getty Images Aedes aegypti mosquitos in various stages of development displayed in Brazil in 2016. Mario Tama/Getty Images This summer, scientists in California are releasing 20 million mosquitoes in an effort to shrink the

Palestinians pray near new metal detectors that were erected outside one of the main entrances to Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem on Thursday. Increased security measures at the site have touched off protests. Anadolu Agency/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Anadolu Agency/Getty Images Palestinians pray near new metal detectors that were erected outside one of the

My memories of eating khichuri go back to the monsoon seasons of my childhood, when billowy thunder clouds rolled in and soaked us and the parched earth with relentless rains. The monsoons are beloved across India – they are a much-awaited reprieve from several months of unbearable heat. But it can get chilly and damp

Bao Phi hopes his new work — his poetry book Thousand Star Hotel and his children’s book A Different Pond — can fill the hole in Asian-American literature that he saw when he was a kid. Anna Min/Courtesy of Capstone Publishing hide caption toggle caption Anna Min/Courtesy of Capstone Publishing Bao Phi hopes his new

The morphine-like pain killer Oxycontin is just one of a number of opioids fueling a substance use crisis in the U.S. federal health officials say. And successful treatment for the substance use disorder can be costly. Leonard Lessin/Getty Images/Science Source hide caption toggle caption Leonard Lessin/Getty Images/Science Source The morphine-like pain killer Oxycontin is just

Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, announces he is ending his 2012 campaign for president in Myrtle Beach, S.C. The White House announced Tuesday night that Huntsman is President Trump’s choice to be the next U.S. ambassador to Russia. Charles Dharapak/AP hide caption toggle caption Charles Dharapak/AP Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, announces he is ending

Devon Arthurs, 18, was arrested after leading police to the bodies of his two roommates. He told officers he killed them because they disrespected his recent conversion to Islam. Tampa Police Dept. via AP hide caption toggle caption Tampa Police Dept. via AP Devon Arthurs, 18, was arrested after leading police to the bodies of

Artificial intelligence poses an existential risk to human civilization, Elon Musk (right) told the National Governors Association meeting Saturday in Providence, R.I. Stephan Savoia/AP hide caption toggle caption Stephan Savoia/AP Artificial intelligence poses an existential risk to human civilization, Elon Musk (right) told the National Governors Association meeting Saturday in Providence, R.I. Stephan Savoia/AP Elon

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky faces a tough choice — irritate the GOP base and work with Democrats or risk passing not much meaningful legislation. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption toggle caption Alex Brandon/AP Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky faces a tough choice — irritate the GOP base and work with Democrats

It’s time again for one of Washington’s favorite manufactured crises. The U.S. surpassed the current debt ceiling in March and is now using what are called “extraordinary measures” to keep the government paying its bills. But that can’t go on forever. Senate Majority Mitch McConnell says he wants a vote on the debt ceiling to

Mitch Daniels went from running the state of Indiana, as its two-term Republican governor, to running its top flight public university, Purdue University, based in West Lafayette. Since Daniels began his tenure in 2013, Purdue has made plenty of headlines. First, the school partnered with Gallup on an ambitious project touted as “the largest representative