A recent executive order paves the way for retirement accounts to include a lot more than stock and bond funds.

While atomic bomb survivors warn the catastrophic risks, leaders of nuclear-armed states and self-proclaimed 'realists' argue ...

Documents with sensitive details about the meeting between President Trump and Russian President Putin were left behind on a ...

A new study finds that chimpanzee babies learn vocal and visual communication patterns from their mothers. The findings may ...

Erin strengthened into a powerful Category 4 hurricane in the Caribbean on Saturday and continues to intensify, the National ...

The Old Fiddler's Convention in Galax, Va., features mostly amateur musicians playing Bluegrass and Old Time music. At age 89 ...

Greg Myre is a national security correspondent with a focus on the intelligence community, a position that follows his many years as a foreign correspondent covering conflicts around the globe.

When President Trump announced his crackdown on crime in Washington, D.C., the local U.S. Attorney said she wanted to focus ...

Ted came to NPR in its scrappy, early years, produced All Things Considered, then covered the White House and State ...

Electricity prices are rising more than twice as fast as overall inflation. That's especially costly during the dog days of ...

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Minnesota Supreme Court Justices Anne McKeig and Sarah Hennesy, about their new amateur all-judge band, The Reasonable Doubts.

Washington, D.C., has filed a lawsuit to block President Trump's claim of authority over the city's police department.