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NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Orville Schell, director of the Center on U.S.-China Relations, about what President George H.W. Bush accomplished as the unofficial U.S. ambassador to China from 1974-75.

The fortuitous dip in emissions of the main greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide, during the past three years is over, as economies turn up. The trend in the near future looks grim, say climate scientists.

Mexico's new president formed a truth commission to investigate the abduction and presumed death of 43 college students in 2014 but some wonder if there will be similar focus on other cases.

Satellite images reveal tunneling and other construction activity at two sites near the Chinese border that are believed to house long-range missiles that could in theory reach the United States.

The U.S. Marine Corps identified the dead pilot as Capt. Jahmar Resilard and said the accident occurred during "regularly scheduled training" launched from Air Station Iwakuni.

When Australian Chris Dawson's wife went missing in 1982, he claimed she had joined a religious cult. Now he is under arrest for her alleged murder.

News — big and small — on four different fronts of the Russia investigation is expected Friday. Paul Manafort, Michael Cohen and James Comey all have a role. Here's what to watch for.

In her four-part show, James Beard award-winning food writer and chef Samin Nosrat travels the globe, talking to home chefs to learn more about the four essentials of great food.

"I will have a lot more to say on that subject later on," Warren said regarding the role of gender in the campaign. She dropped out after disappointing results on Super Tuesday.

Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., acknowledged he should not have used the words he did about Justices Gorsuch and Kavanaugh when he addressed abortion-rights activists at the high court on Wednesday.