Lack of affordable and accessible child care affects thousands of Hoosier families. And according to the Indiana Chamber of ...

High-protein diets are one of the latest food trends. Protein is being added to snacks and drinks. Social media influencers ...

Maine Gov. Janet Mills speaks with NPR's Leila Fadel about how President Trump's massive tax and spending bill will harm the ...

We remember Medgar Evers, the civil rights activist assassinated in 1963, on the 100-year anniversary of his birth.

Renowned social psychologist James Maas was on a mission to get Americans to take sleep more seriously. The longtime Cornell professor credited with coining the term "power nap" died last week at 86.

Wildlife trafficking is one of the world's biggest illegal trades, and the U.S. creates much of the demand for pet primates. Now there's a proposed ban on privately owning and breeding these animals.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune is a key ally of President Trump's, helping get his domestic policy bill passed by the Senate. It is a dramatic reversal from their days as virtual political enemies.

Up until a few years ago, the municipal transfer station in Plympton, Massachusetts, had a problem: The residents of the small town were producing so much trash that it was putting a huge burden on ...

Digital nomads from the U.S. who roam the world say their time abroad allows them to recognize — and even appreciate — aspects of American life and the privilege of American identity.

The Dalai Lama said on Wednesday that he will not be the last Dalai Lama. He is the 14th reincarnation — as Tibetan Buddhism holds — and turns 90 Sunday.

Two world wars when the country was on the wrong side of history have taught Germans to be cautious about the pitfalls of a big army.

Only 10% of the plastic we send for recycling actually gets recycled. KQED’s Matthew Green went to check out a startup in California’s Bay Area that is trying to fix that. This article was originally ...