After over a decade in exile, many Syrians living abroad are contemplating what was once unthinkable: going home. But what ...

A new study in JAMA shows how proximity to Coldwater Creek, where nuclear waste from the Manhattan Project was improperly stored, affected cancer rates over the decades.

A new video game just debuted within the Pac-Man universe. It's called Shadow Labyrinth and it's very different from the pellet-chomping game that once dominated arcades.

A Bangladesh Air Force training aircraft crashed into a school campus in the capital, Dhaka, shortly after takeoff on Monday, killing at least 19 people including the pilot and injuring more than 100, ...

The "Safer Beauty Bill Package" would ban the most toxic ingredients in everyday cosmetics and create protections for the women of color and salon workers who are disproportionately exposed to them.

As a candidate, President Trump promised to change America's foreign policy. Six months into his second administration, NPR's Tamara Keith examines where things stand. Support NPR and hear every ...

Harvard and the Trump administration are facing off in federal court today over the freezing of over $2 billion in grants and contracts. And, Texas lawmakers are seeking a new congressional makeup.

Your speaking voice is created by vibrations of your vocal cords. Warming up increases the blood flow to your larynx and the muscles around it.

Many Palestinians have been killed by Israeli military fire as they try to get food aid, the Trump administration is in court pushing Harvard University to comply with its demands, and lawmakers in ...

Former and current U.S. air traffic controllers say the Trump administration's focus on new equipment doesn't address ...

Congress voted to claw back federal funding to public media. Some of those hit hardest include community radio stations in areas that voted for the president.

NPR talks with Sarah Isgur, senior editor with "The Dispatch," about the Trump administration's request to unseal grand jury testimony related to disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.