She was a student at Berklee College of Music, and Nascimento, a Brazilian singer-songwriter many decades her senior, became ...

The Nobel Prize in chemistry was awarded Wednesday to David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper for their work with ...

The philanthropist is spending $1 billion — and leveraging her ever-growing celebrity — to call more attention to the ...

When Mary Ann Roser and her husband moved to Asheville four months ago they introduced themselves to neighbors as “climate ...

The National Hurricane Center predicts the storm surge can get as high as 15 feet in some places, and rainfall totals could ...

There are around 10,000 U.N. peacekeepers in Lebanon. The U.N. says they will remain at their posts in southern Lebanon -- even as Israel conducts ground operations against Hezbollah.

The EPA issued a final rule requiring water systems to replace all lead pipes within 10 years. Water advocates lauded the rule as a public health victory, but say there's much work to be done.

Only one-in-four employers cover in vitro fertilization in health insurance, according to KFF's annual survey. The costs of IVF have become a hot topic in the presidential race.

Nora Lange’s novel "Us Fools" follows two young sisters growing up in the Midwest during the 1980's farming crisis. They're trying to figure out their lives while looking out for each other.

Emergency managers ordered residents in low-lying and flood-prone areas to evacuate before Milton's arrival on the Gulf Coast late Wednesday. Milton is expected to be a major hurricane at landfall.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Joseph Kahn, executive editor of "The New York Times," about the 2024 presidential race.

People who are in jail and haven't been convicted of a crime — and even many who have been convicted — retain their right to ...