President-elect Trump assembled his national security team with a series of rapid-fire choices. There's a clear pattern: Most nominees are best known for their support of Trump rather than their ...

A fire tore through a neonatal intensive care unit in a hospital in northern India, killing 10 newborn babies and injuring 16 ...

Some of the lowest-paid essential workers during the pandemic also suffered the most trauma. Nursing aides have had trouble getting healthcare officials to pay attention to their plight.

Elk have made a comeback in part of the Appalachian mountains and they're attracting tourists during mating season.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with journalist Michael Lewis about the new season of his podcast "Against The Rules," which covers the rise of legal sports gambling.

We look at the efforts to broker a ceasefire between the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and Israel. Fighting has escalated between the two, pushing the conflict deeper into Lebanon.

We look at some of President-elect Donald Trump's cabinet nominations and how his choices might distinguish his second term from his first.

Jake Paul won a unanimous decision over Mike Tyson as the hits didn't match the hype in a fight between a young ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Sahar Fetrat a researcher at Human Rights Watch, about the lives of women in Afghanistan now, as the Taliban continue to limit their presence in public life.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Vitalii Bardetskyi, a Ukrainian DJ and music journalist, about a new compilation of music from that country called "Even the Forest Hums." ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with novelist Bonnie Kistler about her new psychological thriller, "Shell Games." ...

This stretch of New Hampshire Avenue in Silver Spring, Maryland is so packed with houses of worship, it's been called the ...