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New father Yappe Pako gets help with his kangaroo care carrier from midwife Marie-JosÃ©e Miezan. His newborn son is named Ambo Crisostome. They're in the kangaroo care ward at the University Hospital Medical Center at Treichville in the Ivory Coast. A new program teaches the technique to moms â and dads. It's especially beneficial for preterm and low birthweight babies.

There's a global call for kangaroo care. Here's what it looks like in the Ivory Coast

Can the warmth of a parent's chest be a boon to babies, especially premature births? In the 1970s, Colombian researchers found it did. The technique has gone global. Ivory Coast is the latest convert.

A bad year for Wall Street gets even worse, as stock markets finish September down

Amid heightened uncertainty about the global economy, all three U.S. indexes are in a bear market as the third quarter comes to a close.

Trump supporters breach security and storm inside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. The woman in blue with her fist raised was later identified as Suzanne Ianni.

The Justice Department Is Struggling To Bring Capitol Riot Cases To Trial: Here's Why

After the U.S. Capitol riot, there was a sense that the Jan. 6 cases would be straightforward. But defense attorneys describe prosecutors as overwhelmed by evidence and struggling to build cases.

After the project cavers found Abby, they left a light for her while Gerry Keene went to get help to get the dog out.

A caving project became a rescue mission after a dog was found 500 feet down

What was supposed to be a caving excursion in Missouri turned into a rescue mission after a dog was found curled up and malnourished about 500 feet into the cave system.

Rioters try to break through a police barrier at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

Capitol Police Officer Who Fatally Shot Rioter Ashli Babbitt Will Not Be Disciplined

The Capitol Police officer who fatally shot Ashli Babbitt on Jan. 6 has been cleared of wrongdoing, the department announced on Monday.

Britain's Prime Minister Liz Truss attends a news conference in the Downing Street Briefing Room in central London, Oct. 14. Truss has only been in office for six weeks but has already drawn calls for her removal.

The U.K.'s Liz Truss hangs on by a thread as she loses another Cabinet minister

After a bruising first six weeks in office, the prime minister replaced her finance chief and lost her interior secretary. But Truss herself still faces calls to quit.

A view of the glaciers and mountains from the Gerlache Strait on the western side of the Antarctic Peninsula in February 2022.

See the ties that bind Antarctica and Louisiana through one photographer's lens

WAMU Visuals Editor Tyrone Turner pairs images to capture the connection he felt to his birthplace — the coastal regions of southeastern Louisiana — while visiting the western coast of Antarctica.

Abraham Lincoln signed the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation in September 1862. He issued the formal Emancipation Proclamation the following January. Lincoln was under tremendous pressure to withdraw emancipation as a precondition for peace talks with the Confederacy.

Lincoln prioritized democracy over his political future. A new biography explains why

Presidential historian Jon Meacham speaks with NPR about his new biography, And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle. It examines Lincoln's actions as well as motivations.

The January 6 attack on the Capitol raised alarm bells for a think tank studying democracy.

Democracy is declining in the U.S. but it's not all bad news, a report finds

The United States has joined the list of countries where democracy is backsliding, according to a new report by the think tank International IDEA.

Mastermind of the Varsity Blues college admission scandal is about to learn his fate

Rick Singer pleaded guilty in 2019 to selling what he called "a side door" into top universities. The scheme snared dozens of wealthy clients, from actors to business titans and big-shot lawyers.

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