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Pete Buttigieg, mayor of South Bend, Ind., recently announced his intent to run for president, saying the 2020 election should focus on changing the economic outlook for millennials.

Whether the party's focus on voting issues has an effect on the nuts and bolts of the next presidential election remains to be seen.

Asia Bibi, a mother and illiterate farmhand of Christian faith, spent eight years on death row, until a higher court acquitted her in October. The reversal sparked huge protests by Islamic extremists.

Hassan Abedin is on the go at the U.N. General Assembly trying to get diplomats to focus on the plight of the Rohingya refugees from Myanmar. "My Fitbit is just screaming," he says.

People with colds and related infections give physicians higher ratings when they give them a prescription for antibiotics. Could that lead doctors to overprescribe?

NPR's Lakshmi Singh speaks with David Beasley of the World Food Program about the effort to curtail famine in Yemen.

President Trump's pick for a seat on the Federal Reserve Board is drawing mounting criticism from economists of all stripes. Moore says he has the right experience, but critics fault his track record.

Texas Tech and Auburn are first-timers to the NCAA Division 1 Men's Basketball Final Four. They're part of a recent trend toward parity and even better play in the later stages of the tournament.

A national movement to ban plastic bags is gaining steam, but these restrictions may actually hurt the environment more than help it.

House Democratic committee chairs set an April 2 deadline for Attorney General Barr to give Congress the full Mueller report. Committee aides won't say if they will subpoena it if DOJ doesn't comply.

Also in this week's roundup: the White House outlined its proposals on the Higher Education Act, and only 7 black students were admitted into one of New York's most selective high schools.

Democrats plan to launch oversight investigations of the Trump administration — a congressional duty that House Republicans resisted.

Election equipment is in fine condition, but voters face many hurdles in getting to the ballot box.

There is enough for people to fret over leading up to this Tuesday's elections. It is not necessary to overburden it with all that may come after — at least, not yet.

The veteran journalist stands behind the reporting in his new book, Fear, and says that administration officials who have denied quotes attributed to them are acting out of "political necessity."

The U.S. imposed sanctions after China's military bought new fighter jets and a surface-to-air missile system. Trade and military ties are increasing between Russia and China.

Researchers expect youth voter turnout to break records in Tuesday's midterm elections. And that's important because most attend college in-state, meaning they're voting in their home state.

Trump said on Friday that he doesn't know Matthew Whitaker. Last month on television, the president said not only that he knew him but that he is a "great guy."

In the tightening Senate race, Democratic Sen. Jon Tester and challenger Matt Rosendale are criss-crossing the vast, sparsely populated state with the hopes of meeting every voter personally.

Their performance at the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle catapulted The Kingdom Choir into the international spotlight. Now, they're out with their debut album Stand By Me.