Celebrated author Mac Barnett is the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature and has a new, short book about writing for kids: "Make Believe." He talks with NPR's Elissa Nadworny about it.

A study establishes that "social ties" — a fancy way of saying being nice to other, even those you don't know — has benefits.

Security was tight in Moscow as Putin and several foreign leaders attended the parade, even as a U.S.-brokered three-day ...

Fans who danced to "Paper Planes" might hardly recognize the conspiracy-touting artist before them today — but in a certain ...

Trees are a big deal on the University of Oregon campus in Eugene.

Saturday, May 9, is the Stamp Out Hunger Letter Carriers Food Drive to benefit Food For Lane County.

World War 2 Victory Day celebrations in Moscow will be muted this year because of fears of drone attacks, as the public tires of the Ukraine war.

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with the debut novelist Portia Elan. Her book Homebound travels through centuries and through the imagination.

Nearly 460,000 people in Arizona who’ve been kicked off the Supplemental Food Assistance Program since Congress passed a law ...

President Trump wants to paint the Eisenhower Executive Office Building white, but experts and preservationists are pushing back, warning it could permanently damage the historic granite.

A man who says he has been foraging for food for a year recently taught a group of people in Charlotte, N.C., about the plants that you can find and eat on a walk.

Democrats are facing election headwinds as Southern states begin to redraw voting maps ahead of November elections.