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Drugmakers make big profits in the U.S. But many pay taxes far below the 21% corporate tax rate. Pfizer's effective tax rate is so low it's getting a big refund despite booking $59 billion in revenue.

Antarctica is like an amazing frozen layer cake, made from millions of layers of snow that gradually turns to ice. But a new study finds that some ice on the continent is actually forming from water flowing beneath the glaciers — a discovery that upends the way researchers thought about Antarctic ice formation.

With the selection of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Vice President Harris continues a trend that has risen out of her run for president: clearing the way for men to identify with their gender as they vote.

Leaders of East Asia's top powers, China, Japan and South Korea, are holding their first summit in 4 years. All have different motivations for keeping tensions among them in check.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken is pushing a U.S. truce "roadmap" at a regional aid conference in Jordan.

Hezbollah launched a ballistic missile at Tel Aviv early Wednesday, after Israel carried out strikes on Lebanon that killed hundreds of people and the militants fired rockets across northern Israel.

Footwear Distributors & Retailers of America head Matt Priest tells NPR's Scott Simon about his industry's reaction to the trade war with China.

Republicans made their picks for party leaders in the U.S. Senate and House, as President-elect Trump announced new nominees, including Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz for attorney general.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Martin Cheek, a conservation botanist for the Royal Botanic Gardens, about new plant and fungus species he and his colleagues discovered this year.

The NATO military alliance is trying to imagine a future without the U.S., after Donald Trump's remarks disparaging the organization.