Fox Corp. must turn over hundreds of documents that could shed light on how founder Rupert Murdoch handled some of his media companies' biggest scandals.

Grandparents taking care of their grandkids is nothing new. But the surging cost of childcare in the U.S. has made familial ...

With her 1974 book, "Pilgrim at Tinker Creek," Annie Dillard became the youngest woman to win the Pulitzer Prize. We take a ...

The Shorefront Legacy Center, a small archive in a church basement in Evanston, Ill., collects papers and objects that tell the history of the city's Black community.

Five years after the return of Taliban rule, NPR visited Kabul to see how Afghans are dealing with their new government's strict social restrictions.

Weekend Edition's Scott Simon talks with author Nathan Hale about his kids' graphic history book, "One Dead Spy." It's the story of Revolutionary War spy, Nathan Hale, no relation to the author.

New research on ancient human remains suggests the habitual usage of betel nuts, a plant seed with mind-affecting properties ...

The Federal Reserve just raised interest rates this week for the first time this year. So how does it actually work? And what ...

Russia's parliamentary election for the first time is being held in Ukraine's regions that Moscow illegally annexed after the start of its full-scale invasion more than 4 1/2 years ago.

Italian health authorities see evidence that rising temperatures and longer warm seasons are helping mosquitoes spread West Nile virus across a wider area, during more months of the year.

Friedman was in her early 20s when she landed her first position as an editorial assistant at NPR. She became an editor and ...

The president chalked the ban up to what he called unfavorable coverage, and he threatened that bans on other media companies could be coming.