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Big league poker tournaments put millions of dollars at stake for the players. But behind the scenes there is another money game going on, something of a mini-Wall Street.

Brussels continues to mourn its more than 30 dead, as authorities continue to hunt for one more assailant in the blasts. Three attackers have now been identified.

Having a child who won't sleep can drive parents to distraction. But a study suggests that a parent's sleep issues play a role, too.

Cuts in provider networks spurred Medicare officials to allow more than 15,000 Medicare Advantage members to pick new plans in seven states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.

A Palestinian woman talks about going out on a limb years ago to work with left-wing Israelis on co-existence — an effort that ended in disappointment.

In the developing world, women who want to space pregnancies can't always obtain birth control. A new insertion device for an IUD, post-childbirth, is being tested with promising results.

The mayor says his town, known for its boardwalk casinos, will run out of money soon. State lawmakers have a plan to get the city's finances under control, but city leaders say it's a bad deal.

The rival positions are so entrenched that change can seem impossible. NPR Jerusalem correspondent Emily Harris talks to two Israelis and two Palestinians who explain why they changed their thinking.

Rats can smell TB. They can identify it faster than a lab technician. And they work cheap — a bit of banana will do. USAID just gave a grant to a pioneering program.

To figure out how the outbreak began, scientists decoded the genomes of Zika viruses in Brazil. The findings suggest Zika could be hiding out in other corners of the world.