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Henry Heimlich, the surgeon credited with inventing the Heimlich maneuver for choking victims, has died. The move saved thousands of lives. But he had other ideas that were more controversial.

Infertility is often a private struggle. But some couples are going public — via crowdfunding sites — to help subsidize in vitro fertilization treatments that can cost as much as $20,000 each time.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with University of Michigan professor Alex Stern, who has completed a database of the thousands of people recommended for sterilization when California had eugenics laws.

We asked our coworkers to tell us their deepest, darkest, most stressful dreams. And boy did they deliver. Then we asked Robert Stickgold, a neuroscientist who studies dreams, what it all means.

A new report says ISIS is manufacturing large quantities of sophisticated weapons. NPR's Ailsa Chang talks to James Bevan of the research group Conflict Armament Research, which issued the report.

The Electoral College will vote Monday for the next president. The 538 electors have enormous power and are supposed to vote as the people of their state voted. On rare occasions, some electors don't.

Some say Hillary Clinton's overemphasis on voters' ethnic or gender identities cost her the election. NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Christine Emba of the Washington Post, who defends "identity politics."

In a short TV appearance Saturday night, Maduro told his nation that 500-bolivar notes that are meant to replace the 100-bolivar currency are delayed.

A deer smashed through a window and took a few laps around the gym. It then stepped outside and disappeared in the woods

Mayor Mitch Landrieu announced the city would pay millions of dollars to people who were injured and to families of those killed by New Orleans police around the time Hurricane Katrina hit.