John Michael Osbourne, a poor student from Birmingham, UK, exceeded expectations and helped invent heavy metal. A moment to ...

Those with equity in a home can trade up more easily, while many first-time homebuyers are still stuck on the sidelines.

Taiwanese were voting Saturday to determine whether to oust about one-fifth of their lawmakers, in elections that could ...

NPR's Scott Simon and sportswriter Howard Bryant discuss Major League Baseball and a presidential push to reverse time.

Illegal fishing has plagued oceans worldwide, and new technology is providing a view of its extent. New studies show that while it still happens, protected areas where fishing is banned are thriving.

NPR's Scott Simon asks the Norwegian Refugee Council's Shaina Low about conditions in Gaza and calls for Israel to end its blockade there.

As a new Postmaster General with ties to FedEx assumes control of the agency, rural customers and postal workers worry about privatization or downsizing of the agency.

The Trump administration often prevails in cases on the Supreme Court's emergency docket. The opinion-less decisions in these "shadow docket" cases create questions about the resulting policy.

Body-acceptance advocate Katie Sturino and Ronald Young Jr., host of the podcast Weight for It, answer listener questions ...

About 40% of all births in America are to unmarried women according to the U.S. Census. Are there situations and challenges ...

More than a third of people released from prison in Indiana went back within three years. That’s according to Indiana ...

Christina Chapman was sentenced to prison this week for her role in a scheme that the DOJ said used stolen American ...