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In 2015, China's GDP grew at its slowest rate in a quarter of a century, feeding expectations that new stimulus policies will be enacted. On Tuesday, containers were transported at a port in eastern China's Jiangsu province.

China Reports Slowest Economic Growth In 25 Years

Not since the fallout from the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre has China's economy grown at such a slow pace: at just below 7 percent last year.

The broad avenues of Pakistan's capital empty out after dark and prove irresistible to young drag racers.

On The Sleepy Streets Of Islamabad, A Late-Night Need For Speed

In Pakistan's capital, teenagers in a group called Route 66 get their kicks drag racing illegally on the city's wide avenues. They're worried more about punishment from their parents than from police.

President Obama announces executive actions on U.S. immigration policy during a nationally televised address from the White House in November 2014.

Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Case On Obama's Immigration Actions

Back in November 2014, the president announced plans to shield from deportation up to 5 million immigrants here illegally. Even before his plans got off the ground, lower courts put them on hold.

Amigo Bob Cantisano and his partners believe these chestnuts come from a <em>Marron de Lyon</em> tree, originally from France. He thinks the tree was one of many varieties of fruit, grape and nut plants introduced into California by Felix Gillet, a French nurseryman, in the late 1800s.

In California, A Treasure Hunt For Gold Rush-Era Fruit And Nut Trees

The search is on for heirloom varieties planted at homesteads and coach stops in the late 1800s. The resilient trees, still productive despite long neglect, could prove valuable at a time of drought.

Neck strain might not feel like a CT-worthy injury to you, but it's increasingly getting advanced imaging.

People With Minor Injuries Are Increasingly Getting CT Scans

The number of people with injuries like neck strain who get CT scans in emergency rooms is on the rise. This despite efforts to reduce use of the scans, which increase cancer risk.

In a photo provided by the Hekmati family, Amir Hekmati (second from right) meets with relatives and U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee at the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Landstuhl, Germany, on Monday.

'Like Being Born Again': American Describes Being Freed From Iranian Prison

There was no big lead-up to his release, former U.S. Marine Amir Hekmati says: "They just came one morning and said, 'Pack your things.'"

When a country is declared Ebola-free — like Sierra Leone last November — the mood is upbeat. But that doesn't mean the virus is vanquished, as Sierra Leone learned this month.

Has The World Learned The Wrong Lessons From The Ebola Outbreak?

By focusing on the end of the epidemic, writes infectious disease specialist Nahid Bhadelia, we miss the larger point.

Clarence M. Mitchell Jr. Courthouse in Baltimore.

In the Media: Porter Trial Jury One Vote From Acquittal; Four Baltimore Schools Close With No Heat

A digest of Baltimore news from local sources.From the Baltimore Sun: Jury in Officer Porter Trial Was One Vote From Acquittal on Most Serious Charge"The…

In the 1940s, a psychoanalytic approach to autism — "the refrigerator mother theory" — suggested that the condition was caused by bad parenting.

'In A Different Key' Traces History And Politics Of Autism

Authors John Donvan and Caren Zucker say parents have been "unsung heroes" in spurring more research on autism, and in getting many more kids out of institutions and into schools.

The effects of opioid abuse can go unnoticed at work.

Opioid Abuse Takes A Toll On Workers And Their Employers

Many employers who test for drugs don't screen employees for opioids. Yet opioid abuse is linked to problems with workplace productivity and safety.

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