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Elon Musk's SpaceX is getting ready to break new records on Wall Street — and make one of the world's wealthiest men even ...

The world’s smallest rabbit is at the center of a new legal fight that conservation groups say could have broad implications ...

Dozens of independent, rural hospitals in Montana, Nevada and Wyoming are eligible for the program, where they could have ...

Barney Frank has died. The longtime Democratic congressman from Massachusetts brought new visibility to gay rights. He also helped craft significant changes to the financial system in a generation.

Since 1966, companies have been required to send the federal government demographic data on their employees, part of an effort to combat discrimination. Under Trump, the data collection may end.

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with virologist Dr. Thomas Geisbert about the vaccine used in the Ebola outbreak of 2014 and the challenges for developing a vaccine for this current health emergency.

Children closest to an incident of gun violence have the most risk of lasting psychological effects. Here's what all parents ...

Miami prosecutors have prepared an indictment against former Cuban president Raúl Castro over the 1996 downing of two NGO planes that killed four people onboard.

President Trump showed his strength in Tuesday's primaries. In Georgia, both Republicans who will advance to the runoff for governor claim to be like him, even though only one got his endorsement.

The Supreme Court's recent ruling threatens the power of racial-minority voters in Voting Rights Act cases about not just Congress, but also at least 17 state and local governments, NPR finds.

A leaked State Department memo shows the U.S. threatened to revoke Palestinian visas if they pushed for a senior United ...