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NPR's Noel King talks to journalist Sheelah Kolhatkar, who profiles Abigail Disney for The New Yorker, about Disney trying to reduce income inequality and getting the rich to pay higher taxes.

A scientist in Wisconsin has invented a bandage that uses an electrical field to speed up the time needed for a wound to heal. It could one day lead to treatments for baldness and obesity.

He Jiankui announced in November 2018 that he had created the world's first gene-edited babies. Scientists are concerned about unintended side effects that could be passed down to future generations.

The protesters set fire to a reception area inside the compound as Marines fired tear gas to push them back. The angry demonstration follows a series of U.S. airstrikes inside Iraq and Syria.

North Korea is planning to open a world-class tourist resort on its southeast coast next year, to prove it can thrive under sanctions. Experts predict it will be a huge waste of money.

The new federal budget has more money for a national suicide prevention hotline, and the Federal Communications Commission says it will designate a 3-digit dialing code to call it.

"Today our icon remains in the memory of all," Guayanilla press official Glidden López Torres said on Facebook.

At the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the gadgets range from big-screen TVs and 5G networks to futuristic health care devices and toilet-paper-toting robots.

Taiwan does not allow absentee voting, so more than 5,000 voters have registered to visit their home county to cast their ballot in Saturday's presidential and legislative elections.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to retired Army colonel Peter Mansoor, who served as executive officer under Gen. Patraeus during the Iraq War. He says Iraq is a key player in the Middle East.