The Social Security Administration reassigned some field office employees in an effort to bring down lengthy phone wait times ...

The earth doesn't rotate exactly on schedule. Scientists believe that today is going to be around a millisecond short of a ...

In 1942, the mother of a toddler was given a shocking order: She was told that her child must be sent to a detention facility without her. That was the real-life dilemma faced by the main character of ...

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has published the latest in a series of reports that scrutinize years-old ...

As the Trump administration considers overhauling the nation’s disaster relief agency, a Pew Research Center poll shows most ...

We remember Kenneth Colley, the British character actor who died late last month. Colley was best known as Admiral Piett in the Star Wars movies.

For decades, scientists have been trying to create artificial blood to alleviate shortages and prevent people from bleeding to death. But those efforts have been repeatedly frustrated by failure.

With more than $2 billion in federal research grants at stake, the two sides will argue before a federal judge as the ...

José Adolfo Macías Villamar, whose nickname is "Fito," escaped from a prison in Ecuador last year and was recaptured late ...

A school in New Jersey - Jazz House - is becoming a major training ground for young people interested in jazz performance. This story is excerpted from a longer profile on NPR Music's Jazz Night in ...

Trump released his video message to newly naturalized citizens. He welcomes them to the "national family," adding that they have a responsibility to "fiercely guard" and preserve American culture.

Texas lawmakers will hold a special session Monday. They want to redraw congressional districts, with the purpose to skew voting results so Republicans win more seats. Trump favors the idea.