It turns out, a maggot's preference for rotting fruit has as much to do with texture as taste. Researchers are looking into ...

One of the hostages released on Saturday is Keith Siegel, 65, of North Carolina, a dual U.S.-Israeli citizen. His brother, Dr ...

Let's celebrate Groundhog Day, in all its bizarre, quirky strangeness. Let it remind us that we have not subdued nature, but ...

Trump has shown an affinity with many of the little guys — what he called in 2017 "the forgotten men and women." But he also ...

An NPR listener wonders whether her husband's relationship with a female colleague is too close for comfort. He says she's ...

NPR's Scott Simons speaks to Maha Nassar, a professor at the University of Arizona, about how Palestinians will view the Israeli Prime Minister's visit to the White House next week.

Marco Rubio heads to Latin America on his first trip as secretary of state, including Panama, where President Trump wants control of the Panama Canal.

Most Louisianans no longer speak French but more and more schools in the state are teaching it. One small school, southwest of New Orleans, is immersing students in the state's local dialects.

But Marianne Faithfull was famously caught up in a drug bust at Richards' place in 1967, clad only in a fur rug. She lost a baby, split from Jagger, struggled with heroin abuse, depression and eating ...

Transportation officials have restricted helicopter flights around Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport after Wednesday's mid-air collision between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines jet ...

A medical transport jet crashed in Philadelphia on Friday about 30 seconds after taking off, unleashing a fireball into the ...