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Obesity and Type 2 diabetes are becoming more common all over the world. But the tiny Samoan islands now have the highest rates. An epidemiologist blames changes in diet brought on by globalization.

Shelter is a play based on interviews with Central American kids about the violence that drove them to migrate north, and the experience of living in limbo in the U.S. It opens this weekend.

After a meteor punched a huge crater into the Earth 65.5 million years ago, 70 percent of the planet's species went extinct. Today, pieces of that meteor are found all over the world.

Kevin Dawes was seized in Syria in 2012. The government never acknowledged holding him, but has now freed him after what U.S. officials described as lengthy negotiations.

Nearly five months after a "wanted" bulletin tied Mohamed Abrini to the Paris terrorist attacks, police in Belgium have arrested him.

Nearly five months after a "wanted" bulletin tied Mohamed Abrini to the Paris terrorist attacks, police in Belgium have arrested him.

Gov. Mike Pence signed new abortion restrictions into law last month. Some women have since decided that if he's interested in their reproductive systems, they might as well keep him updated.

After a speech about encryption and privacy, James Comey said he puts tape over his laptop's camera. Privacy activists seized on that as hypocritical, given the FBI's stance on "unhackable" devices.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with writer Rocco Palmo about Pope Francis' "Amoris Laetitia," or "The Joy of Love." The 256-page document was sent out Friday morning.

As a drought pushes water levels to extreme lows, President Nicolas Maduro has declared every Friday a holiday for the next two months to save water and electricity.