More than 1,300 staffers at the health agency got notices they were fired — but more than half were reinstated. The cuts will ...

The military have taken control of Madagascars government, as the President flees the country.

Acadia National Park and Bar Harbor fared through a peak weekend for tourism with the park open, but many facilities inside it unstaffed.

Known as a perfectionist, the singer emerged in the 1990s during the neo-soul movement with his classic debut, Brown Sugar. He made just two more albums, Voodoo and Black Messiah. Both were treasured.

Humans can genetically modify plants and animals to be more resilient to climate change and disease. But the scientific community is divided about whether the tool should be put to use in nature.

Fall means giant pumpkin contests in some places. At the Topsfield Fair in Massachusetts, we meet the next generation of competitors and their mentors.

An Ada County judge has partially sided with a drag performer in his lawsuit against a Christian lobbying organization, ...

Writer John T. Edge has spent much of his career telling stories about a changing American South filtered through the lens of ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Dr. Hagai Levine, head of the medical team for the Hostages and Missing Families Forum, about the road to recovery for hostages just released from captivity.

A group of volunteers in West Virginia makes sure preschoolers in areas with no libraries or bookstores get books to read.