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If you're walking across a street in Honolulu, you'll want to put your phone away. A new law went into effect today making it illegal for a pedestrian to be looking at a screen while crossing the street.

NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with Peter Pham, director of the Africa Center at the Atlantic Council, about the status of ISIS in Africa after four U.S. soldiers were killed in Niger weeks ago.

In 1955, a little known Canadian pianist recorded the Goldberg Variations. The album launched Glenn Gould's career and popularized Bach's music. Now the complete recording sessions have been issued.

Game 2 of the series goes to the Astros after their offense comes alive and the Dodgers' bullpen falters.

The appointment of retired Col. Noel Zamot comes after a controversial $300 million contract to rebuild the island's power grid was awarded to a tiny company with little experience.

President Uhuru Kenyatta is seeking a second term, but the main opposition leader, Raila Odinga, has told his supporters not to cast ballots.

The move stops short of declaring a national emergency, which the president had pledged to do.

The high court in Massachusetts is weighing legal and scientific evidence to decide whether a woman convicted of larceny violated the terms of her probation by relapsing into drug use.

Scientists are accusing the seed and pesticide giant of denying the risks of its latest weedkilling technology. Monsanto has responded by attacking some of those critics.

A new study by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs suggests that even mild exposure to blasts in Iraq and Afghanistan may cause long term breathing problems.