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The spread of Zika is taxing Colombia's already over-burdened health care system.

Monday is leap day. We hear from people born on Feb. 29 about how they celebrate their birthday.

Hillary Clinton attended a star-studded concert in New York City. Bernie Sanders flew to Maine and Michigan to rally voters. On the Democratic side, Michigan is the next big prize.

In the city of Qom, ayatollahs and hardliners fret that their government relinquished too much in its nuclear deal with the U.S. and other world powers. "God knows what we gave up," says an ayatollah.

Meet the Zomba Prison Project. It's a band of singers and musicians — and they're all in a jail in Malawi.

Just three blocks from the U.S. Capitol, construction is underway for the Museum of the Bible, which will hold about 40,000 biblical artifacts from the family of Hobby Lobby President Steve Green.

In "Mammal March Madness," you win or die. No basketball in this tournament — it's a simulated survival-of-the-fittest game set up by evolutionary biologists. The battle cry? Mammals suck ... milk!

The House of Representatives has approved a bill that would increase National Institutes of Health funding and ease rules for the approval of new drugs. But the Senate may not go along.

Prices for raw materials, such as iron ore, copper and oil, are down dramatically from last year. The price plunge helps contain inflation for consumers, but is tough on mining and drilling companies.

Convicted drug lord Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán escaped his maximum security cell through an elaborate, nearly mile-long tunnel, Mexican officials say. NPR's Arun Rath speaks with correspondent Carrie Kahn in Mexico City about Guzmán, his escape and his Sinaloa drug cartel.