Neuroscientists have made a major advance in modeling the human brain in mice, offering a new way to study conditions like ...

One of the country's first known female tattoo artists was born on a Kansas farm. Maud Stevens Wagner ran off to join the ...

Ed Sheeran's tour of North and South America was plunged into chaos when four of his supporting acts quit in solidarity with ...

The Kennedy Center's board voted to close for two years, after a judge ruled against adding President Trump's name. NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Attorney Nathaniel Zelinsky about the embattled venue.

The Fed is widely expected to raise its benchmark interest rate to combat stubborn inflation. That could make it more ...

The Kennedy Center's board of directors voted to close the historic arts center Tuesday, just minutes after a federal judge once again stopped a plan to put President Trump's name on the building.

The Mexican guitar duo of Rodrigo y Gabriela found an unexpected kinship with the people of Japan when they play there. A new album called "OurHome" explores what it means to feel at home.

Democrats plan to send at least 10,000 volunteer "Democracy Protectors" to the polls during the midterms to deter voter intimidation.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks with journalist Chris Whipple about his new Vanity Fair feature with revealing details about the political development of JD Vance.

EXCLUSIVE EMBARGOED 9/16 Data shared exclusively with NPR shows more than 21 million women in the U.S. need birth control that they can't access. Two reproductive research organizations, Guttmacher ...

A news helicopter used by NBC and Telemundo crashed in a Los Angeles neighborhood on Tuesday, killing at least three people ...

Millions of federal student loan borrowers are in default or well on their way. New federal data shows that tens of thousands of them attended the same problematic schools.