A study of more than 2,100 people ages 60 to 79 found that an intensive two-year program of mental and physical activities, ...

Scattered storms and muggy nights continue across Western North Carolina as forecasters eye a weekend cooldown.

Invisible Woman (Vanessa Kirby), Human Torch (Joseph Quinn) and Thing (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) take on planet-devourer in Fantastic Four: First Steps.

President Trump's executive order on how cities and states deal with homelessness encourages removing encampments and getting people into treatment -- through involuntary civil commitment if needed.

Todd Blanche, a former personal lawyer for President Trump, is now the No. 2 official at the Department of Justice and is handling the Epstein matter. His involvement raises unusual questions.

A growing movement of events — called Repair Fairs — want to help people learn to fix their broken things and, in turn, keep them out of landfills. NPR visits an event in northern New York.

NPR looks at how President Trump's actions have created a tension in Washington over who is responsible for the various aspects of the government.

President Trump's tariffs could hit the economy badly and lead to higher inflation. But Wall Street investors are reacting by ...

Journalist Art Silverman has an appreciation of the world's most influential, part-time musical-satirist. Tom Lehrer made people laugh by singing about politics, nuclear destruction and social harmony ...

From our summer round-up of Books We Love, NPR staffers give recommendations for books they literally loved - all about romance.

Thailand and Cambodia say they are open to ceasefire talks after President Trump urged them to end the deadly border conflict that started late last week.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Shannon Carr, founder of non-profit Isaiah 55, Inc., about rising prices at dollar stores and what they mean for the low-income community she helps in Ohio.