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NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Nora Besansky, a professor of biology specializing in mosquitoes, about what would happen if mosquitoes were eradicated.

Zika was ignored by infectious disease scientists for years. This happens more often than you might think, especially with diseases discovered in remote regions. A researcher says we can do better.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Lizzie Skurnick, cultural critic of Harper Lee's books, about what she will be most remembered for.

Internationally acclaimed Italian author Umberto Eco has died, according to his American publisher. He was 84. He launched his career as a novelist with The Name of the Rose in 1980.

Father Paul Scalia, son of the late Supreme Court justice, delivered a homily at Saturday's traditional Catholic funeral mass. NPR's Ron Elving tells Linda Wertheimer about the ceremony.

The service was conducted by the son of the deceased Supreme Court justice, who is a Catholic priest. Scalia's casket was carried into the basilica by his sons and sons-in-law.

Today, Democrats in Nevada and Republicans in South Carolina are telling the nation who they want to nominate to run for president

Entrance polls suggest Clinton was buoyed by women, older voters and nonwhite voters.

As presidential candidates talk about deporting or legalizing the 11 million unauthorized immigrants in the U.S, we hear what it means for American citizens whose spouses or parents are undocumented.

The city of Ferguson, Missouri, is preparing to fight the U.S. Department of Justice in court rather than abide by the costly terms of the DOJ's recent order to reform the city's government.