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Meng Hongwei will lead the global police agency. The move could facilitate China's anti-corruption drive, but rights groups worry that Beijing might use the agency to track down political dissidents.

"Television has really become where a lot of the action is right now," critic David Bianculli says. His new book revisits the best of the small screen — from I Love Lucy to The Walking Dead.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says smoking rates have fallen from 21 percent of the adult population in 2005 to 15 percent in 2015, when the agency conducted its latest survey.

The election of Donald Trump has conservative organizations hopeful for new protections for religious liberty, while LGBT groups anticipate more discrimination in courts, workplaces and the military.

Some 26 people were arrested, and a non-fatal shooting reported, after protesters smashed windows and set fires. Reporters say the damage came from a group of "anarchists" within a crowd of thousands.

California made a huge effort to enroll people in Medi-Cal under the Affordable Care Act. Two-thirds of those people are minorities. If Trump dismantles Obamacare, the change could hit them hard.

Many Filipinos have responded angrily to Bon Appétit's "Ode to Halo-Halo," an iconic treat of the Philippines, because the recipe is so far off the mark that it feels "sacrilegious."

NAFTA has long united the economies of the United States, Mexico and Canada. With Donald Trump headed to the White House, trade partners say they're open to talks.

Hillary Clinton joins the exclusive club of men who reached for, but failed to grasp, our nation's highest elected office. From Aaron Burr to Al Gore, here's a look at the company Clinton joins.

A sampling of Veterans Day stories from NPR and its member stations hints at the breadth of the military community, and the wide range of veterans' experiences.