New books published this week include a nostalgic graphic history of video games, a queer, complicated and hopeful novel set ...

A study analyzed decades of births and found that larger families showed a distinct tendency toward all girls or all boys, ...

Two U.S. military bases are expanding to detain immigrants suspected of being in the country without legal status. And, ...

It was 35 years ago this month that the Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law. Across the U.S., it's being ...

Congressional Republicans successfully pushed to add hurdles to qualify for Medicaid by saying they would eliminate fraud. A ...

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks with Tracy Slater, author of "Together in Manzanar," which tells the true story of a family of ...

The earth doesn't rotate exactly on schedule. Scientists believe that today is going to be around a millisecond short of a ...

More than 5.2 million aboveground swimming pools sold across the U.S. and Canada over the last two decades are being recalled ...

Coca-Cola's move comes a week after President Trump said he had been talking to the soft drink giant about using cane sugar rather than high-fructose corn syrup in its signature drink.

Senator Chuck Schumer has secured over $18 million for the planning and design of two new construction projects at Fort Drum.

Police say a Canadian man murdered his nine-year-old daughter while vacationing in the U.S.; during a town hall in Plattsburgh over the weekend, Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez spoke out ...

NPR newsroom chief Edith Chapin says she's leaving the network. She made the announcement just days after Congress voted to strip public broadcasting of all federal funding.