Every day, an active-duty soldier is discharged from the military and returns home to start a new part of his or her life. Some return because their service has ended, others because of injuries...
More than 5 million Americans are currently living with Alzheimer's disease, and the National Institute on Aging estimates that that number is going to triple by 2050 — in part due to aging baby...
When 20-year-old Amanda Knox left for Italy in August 2007, it was supposed to be a carefree year studying abroad.No one could have foreseen it ending in her being accused, tried and convicted in the...
Menudo, the hugely popular Puerto Rican boy band, cycled through dozens of lineups in its decades together — but it's best remembered for the 1980s era that featured two stars in the making. One, a...
NPR's Susan Stamberg reads an excerpt of one of the best submissions for Round 11 of our short story contest. She reads Plum Baby by Carmiel Banasky of Portland, Ore. You can read the full story...
The opening sequence of J.J. Abram's new entry in the Star Trek universe has all the ingredients of the classic franchise.There's Kirk and his crew bellowing on the bridge, everyone worrying about...
Climate change is a stark reality in America's northernmost state. Nearly 90 percent of native Alaskan villages are on the coast, where dramatic erosion and floods have become a part of daily life....
Summer is almost here, and with it comes the army of interns marching into countless American workplaces. Yet what was once an opportunity for the inexperienced is becoming a front-line labor issue....
This weekend, President Obama will give a speech that very likely won't be about the controversies of the moment.Every year, a few schools get the president of the United States as their commencement...
