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The Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement the Obama administration is trying to sell to Congress includes a seemingly obscure and controversial provision. It's called the Investor-State Dispute Settlement, or ISDS among wonks. NPR explains why that provision is drawing criticism.

In honor of Halloween, NPR gets a guided tour of parasites that reside in London's Natural History Museum.

NPR kept track of how long every candidate spoke during the third debate. Fiorina ended up with the most time.

The Green family, which owns the craft store giant, plans to exhibit its large collection of religious artifacts in the Museum of the Bible.

Floridians Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio butted heads, while Texan Ted Cruz lashed out at the moderators on the negative nature of their questions.

Rep. John Boehner of Ohio is expected to hand off the speaker's gavel in the House chamber to Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin on Thursday. NPR's Susan Davis tells Renee Montagne about his exit interview.

A new proposal to install surveillance cameras at Jerusalem's most contested holy site reveals that, like much of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, even the idea is subject to interpretation.

In 1959 the American Embassy in Nepal issued instructions for mountain climbers looking to encounter a Yeti.

In addition to lower oil prices, Royal Dutch Shell says it incurred billions in costs when it shut down large-scale projects in Alaska and Canada.

After more than 35 years, China has rescinded its law banning many families from having more than one child; all of them will now be allowed to have two.