Foreign ministers from the world's leading industrialized nations are meeting Monday, with a certain pressure to advance ...

A judge will decide Monday whether new evidence warrants a re-examination of the convictions of Erik and Lyle Menendez in the shotgun murders of their parents 30 years ago.

New Zealand is a whale stranding hotspot. It's often not clear why they happen but the island nation's geography is believed ...

The election was free of the anti-establishment fury that has vaulted populist outsiders to power elsewhere, like the United ...

Fifty years ago, the discovery of a human ancestor "Lucy" generated worldwide attention. NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with paleoanthropologist Zeray Alemseged about the legacy of the discovery.

NPR's Scott Detrow and Tamara Keith have long discussed the merits of brining a Thanksgiving turkey. Chef and cookbook author Sohla El-Waylly joins this year's discussion and offers some tips.

President-elect Trump's major cabinet nominations are in. Now it's up to the Senate to confirm them. Scott Detrow is a White House correspondent for NPR and co-hosts the NPR Politics Podcast.

The Alpha Phi sorority and two members of Beta Alpha Omega have been charged after a student was found dead in a river after ...

The Icelandic pop star Björk's new installation at Centre Pompidou in Paris uses animal sounds to help people understand what ...

The Foldscope brings a powerful science tool to schools that can't afford microscopes. Scientists use it too. Its creators ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Sebastian Korb, a senior lecturer in psychology at the University of Essex, about a new study showing that even forcing a smile can improve a person's mood.

Israel has voted to end cooperation with UNRWA, the United Nations agency providing aid to Palestinian refugees. The move threatens key services for hundreds of thousands of refugees in the West Bank.