T.J. Raphael

Our Movie Date podcast team reviews “The Identical,” “Last Days in Vietnam” and the anniversary re-releases of "Forrest Gump" and "Ghostbusters."

Days of protests outside Pakistan's parliament in Islamabad are testing the country's faith in the democratic process.

The vast majority of the wilderness protected in the U.S. today was created before 1990. And since then, few designations have gotten through.

From the Ed Sullivan Show to the red carpets of Hollywood award shows, Joan Rivers was a cultural behemoth to be reckoned with. 

More than 30 years after being sentenced to death, Henry Lee McCollum and his half-brother Leon Brown emerged from North Carolina prison doors on Wednesday as free men.

During the Cold War, there was predictability to the chess board. But even Obama Administration officials say the crisis in Ukraine, and especially ISIS, seemingly came out of nowhere. 

Kevin Counihan takes the helm of Healthcare.gov next week. He reflects on the program's challenging first year, and looks ahead to the new enrollment period.

In June, ISIS massacred hundreds of Iraqi military recruits. The lone survivor spoke to Takeaway partner The New York Times.

When it comes to the debate over genetically modified foods in America, the crux of the conversation now hinges on the question of to label or not to label.

Rory Kennedy's new documentary, "Last Days in Vietnam," travels back in time 40 years to the run-up to the 1975 evacuation of Saigon.  

NATO may have been hovering on the brink of collective military irrelevance a year ago, but Russia's invasion of Ukraine has given new life, and military opportunities, to the alliance.

The person in front of you has a choice whether or not to lean back and crush your legs, but it's the airlines themselves that are packing more seats closer together.

The fight against homegrown terrorism in the UK and US is taking on a new urgency in the wake of the beheading of another American journalist, Steven Sotloff, killed in Syria on Tuesday.

The Affordable Care Act has changed the healthcare landscape in the United States, particularly for Americans fighting serious illnesses.

Russian leaders say they plan to revise their military doctrine to allow for the Kremlin to rapidly deploy forces to Eastern Europe in response to NATO.

Yesterday we had a conversation centering around the GMO debate. Many of you were listening closely, and The Takeaway got tons of comments and phone calls in response to the segment.

From $5 co-pays to $38,000 operations, the costs of living with and treating breast cancer vary widely, and it's left many patients and their families strapped and confused.

Ditch the country club and move to Nebraska. Young law school graduates looking for clients are set to have more luck in rural towns where they're the only lawyer for miles.

In California, a year-long investigation by the San Jose Mercury News discovered foster and healthcare providers across the state mis-medicating thousands of children in their care.

Once the most populous vertebrate in North America, the passenger pigeon went extinct nearly 100 years ago. Now, a group of scientists is figuring out a way to bring them back.