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Researchers have been separating the pain-relieving qualities of opioids from their addictive and deadly side effects. But should a safer opioid be the end goal?

Asians are the fastest growing ethnic group in the country, but few colleges and universities offer programs about Asian-American history or culture.

Eight months after Hurricane Maria made landfall on Puerto Rico, a sense of where the island is today from a radio host and a psychologist. 

The Philadelphia rock band Dr. Dog is out with a new album on their 20th anniversary, titled "Critical Equation."

Three-time French Open champion Serena Williams returned to the clay courts on Tuesday in her first Grand Slam tournament since taking time off for the birth of her daughter.

Italy has been without a permanent government since an election in early March resulted in a hung parliament.

Governor Eric Greitens announced his resignation on Tuesday night, after being embroiled for weeks in scandal.

In recent months, the Iraqi justice system has been swiftly punishing those charged with supporting ISIS. But there are major concerns about the process.

Nearly 50,000 unionized workers in Las Vegas may walk off the job next month if negotiations for a new contract fall through before the May 31 deadline expires. 

The strike has ground the the country to a halt. Protesters are blocking highways, supermarkets are rationing fruit and gas stations are running out of fuel.

"If you’re smuggling a child, then we’re going to prosecute you and that child will be separated from you, probably, as required by law," Jeff Sessions said earlier this month.

The training is in response to an April 12 incident in which a staff member called the police on two African-American men who were waiting for a friend at a Starbucks in Philadelphia.

This Memorial Day, The Takeaway brings you five stories that deal with trauma, survival, psychedelics, music and convalescence.

In Ireland today, voters are headed to the polls to cast their ballots in a referendum on the Eighth Amendment which currently outlaws abortion with rare exception.

Health care workers in Kenya are saying that President Trump’s ban on global abortion funding is actually causing more abortions, many of them dangerously executed.

The origin of the Memorial Day depends in many ways on how you define the holiday, as the tradition of remembering fallen soldiers dates back before the holiday's official establishment.

Special Counsel Bob Mueller has been pursuing his inquiry into Russian interference, and possible collusion, in the 2016 election for just over a year.

Reviews of the weekend’s major movie releases, including the Han Solo origin story, "Solo," and "First Reformed," starring Amanda Seyfried.

On Wednesday, the acting head of the U.S. Olympic Committee and representatives from individual sports testified before Congress around issues of sexual abuse in the Olympic community.

The Supreme Court agreed to hear Royal v. Murphy, a case with potentially wide-reaching consequences about how much jurisdiction the Muscogee Creek Nation has over their territory.