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NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with a Venezuelan journalist who lives in a poverty-stricken community about what people there are saying about the current political protests.

Russian President Putin phoned Venezuelan President Maduro to commit his support in the face of a revolt against his government. The U.S. no longer recognizes Maduro as the leader of Venezuela.

A Unified School District and the teachers' union reach a tentative deal. Competing bills to end the shutdown head to the Senate floor. The FBI Agents Association warns shutdown hampers operations.

Iranian women have tried to build on the #MeToo movement in the West, but it's tough. They're trying to counter the country's official line — that Islamic traditions prevent harassment.

Sioux City council members have gotten a look at the latest plan to transform a vacant lot along the city’s riverfront into a tourist…

More than 30,000 LA public school teachers on Monday are expected to strike. David Greene talks to Joseph Zeccola, 2018 Los Angeles County Teacher of the Year, about the factors leading to the strike.

Creating an exercise habit doesn't mean you have to spend hours sweating on a treadmill. Start small, build up slowly and remember that all movement counts — even vacuuming, if you do it vigorously.

Pregnant women in intensive care with severe cases of the flu have a higher risk of giving birth to babies prematurely. The risk of breathing problems for the baby is also substantially higher.

Venezuela's president has been making enemies throughout the Americas with a collapsed economy that has produced millions of migrants. But he still has friends in the Caribbean.

It is difficult to find work if you've been incarcerated. Outside Seattle, one women's prison is trying to give inmates a better chance by training some of them for nontraditional jobs.