After more than a decade, UCSF scientists have mapped around 100 varied genes associated with profound autism to a smaller set of biological pathways, offering a promising path for developing drugs.

Warner Brothers' decision three years ago to shelve a live action animated movie with Wile E. Coyote and the Roadrunner upset many fans. Here's what its release tells us about Hollywood economics.

Syria's Kurds, once backed by the U.S. to fight ISIS, have relinquished autonomy and dissolved their army to rejoin Syria.

The FDA just approved a breakthrough drug for metastatic pancreatic cancer, which is notoriously hard to treat. In clinical trials, the new pill roughly doubled how long patients survived.

The legal fight over President Trump's name on the Kennedy Center isn't over. Rep. Joyce Beatty explains why she believes the board's latest plan still violates the law.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with correspondents Greg Myre, Daniel Estrin and Hadeel Al-Shalchi about where things stand with the U.S.-Iran war — diplomatically, economically and militarily.

The prosecution and defense gave closing statements in the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy, the mom accused of killing her three small children.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Kellie Tharp of Arizona's Game and Fish Department about what it takes to adopt a desert tortoise. The agency is trying to find homes for dozens of the reptiles.

Family members are demanding answers as they try to navigate a life in limbo after being displaced from a U.S. base in Bahrain.

NPR's Adrian Florido speaks with actress Annie Potts about being a longtime close friend and neighbor of actor Tim Curry, who died this week at 80 years old.

Andy Thapa is a charter and rescue pilot for a Nepali helicopter company. He's been rescuing people stranded by the catastrophic flooding, and carrying them to safety.

A deadly flood in Nepal offers a chilling reminder of what can happen when heavy rain hists a wildfire-scarred landscape, ...