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Center stage for many historic protests and demonstrations, the National Mall has fallen on hard times.

The bill must still be reviewed by a group of senior clerics, but President Hassan Rouhani's administration is hailing lawmakers' vote as a "historic decision."

Families of two Palestinians accused of attacks on Israelis describe their shock and some of the anger driving a new wave of violence.

A titanic merger in the beer industry is brewing: Anheuser-Busch InBev offered more than $104 billion to win over the board of SABMiller. The behemoth will control about a third of the globe's beer production and about 70 percent of the market in the U.S. Now the question is whether regulators will allow the merger.

State laws in both Oklahoma and Texas allow employers to develop their own workplace injury plans that generally cover fewer injuries, cut off benefits payments sooner and control access to doctors.

Speaking out in Karachi can cost you your life. But there is a patch of sidewalk where Pakistanis feel they can safely raise their voices. (This piece first aired on May 5, 2015 on Morning Edition.)

Russia is bombing western Syria and the U.S. is airdropping ammunition to Arab fighters in the east. After the fight is over, Syria may be left as a country pretty much split in two.

The Democrats running for president appeared in their first official debate Tuesday night in Las Vegas. The candidates pressed many of the same themes they discuss on the campaign trail.

The move comes after clashes between Palestinians and Israelis have intensified. On Tuesday, Palestinians killed three Israelis in stabbing and shooting attacks.

Patrick Awuah left his job as a Microsoft engineer to establish a new kind of school for his country. That accomplishment has now earned him a "genius grant" of $625,000 from the MacArthur Foundation.