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China has placed one or more acoustic sensors — listening devices — in the Mariana Trench, near the island of Guam, which is home to a major U.S. military base.

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Steve Coll warns that there is no end in sight to America's longest war: "Most of the generals ... say in public, 'There's no military solution to this war.'"

The Iowa caucuses, closely watched during presidential election years, have more of a local focus during midterm election years but aren't totally devoid of presidential chatter.

President Trump, who often boasted when the stock market hit record highs, has said nothing as the market enters a period of volatility.

The earthquake struck the island late Tuesday night and aftershocks continue to shake up the city of Hualien. Meanwhile, rescue workers strive to save people from collapsed buildings.

The trash was piling up in the gutter. A young man in Nigeria wanted to get local kids to help clean it up. His campaign has gone viral.

The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry estimates that 112 million people worldwide now pay for access to streaming services.

The American system of financing campaigns is changing, as post-Watergate reforms crumble beneath a crush of unregulated money.

With three fatal train accidents in recent weeks, there's been a cry for Positive Train Control, a system that will automatically stop trains before certain types of accidents can happen. WIlliam Vantuono, editor-in-chief of Railway Age, explains how PTC works and why it's taking so long for it to be widely adopted.

The stock market plunged more than 1,000 points on Monday, reversing the growth in the markets throughout 2017. Richard Salmen is chair of the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards talks with NPR's Ari Shapiro about what consumers should be doing.