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The latest jobs report was good news for President Obama and not so much for Mitt Romney, whose campaign has been predicated on the argument that a bad economy requires a change in White House occupancy.

Some parts of the province of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa have HIV rates that are more than twice the national average. And clinics in the region are seeing another major problem: thousands of cases yearly of multi-drug-resistant TB.

Supplies begin to reach earthquake-battered Pakistan. Eight U.S. helicopters are due Monday. More than 20,000 people are dead. U.N. official Vivian Tan and Ron Moreau of Newsweek tell Debbie Elliott what they're seeing.

Steve Inskeep speaks with Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff about the airstrikes on Syria and about the House investigation into alleged ties between the Trump campaign and Russia.

President Trump's loss to Joe Biden has made it tough for Republicans to celebrate important wins down ballot, while Democrats have been stung by the failure to meet expectations of a blue tsunami.

Getting by in Venezuela gets harder by the day with deep shortages of food and medicine and a currency that's just about worthless. Perhaps it's no surprise that betting shops are thriving.

Conflicting views on privacy versus security are at the heart of a stalemate between Apple and the U.S. government over access to a cell phone used by Syed Rizwan Farook in the run-up to his attack on the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, Calif. NPR's Audie Cornish talks to Sen. Mark Warner and Rep. Michael McCaul about their proposed commission to bring together stakeholders from law enforcement and the tech industry in hopes of finding a path forward.

As it falls, snow forms a sort of net for catching pollutants in the atmosphere. Pesticides and dirt from soil can also end up in there. Still, most researchers told us they'd eat it, with caveats.

Trump's lawyers say the president can't obstruct justice because he has authority over investigations. The assertion was made in a confidential memo delivered to special counsel Robert Mueller.

GOP critics say Mueller has run amok and is on a biased fishing expedition out to get President Trump. They want a new special counsel, but the Justice Department says its own process is working.