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Recent discoveries paint our ancient cousins in a new light and help us understand our shared genetic past.

The bureau says it needs around a half-million temporary workers by this spring to carry out the national head count. Some census advocates are worried the agency isn't moving fast enough on hiring.

President Trump says test data will establish risk categories for counties. States can then work out their own social distancing rules.

The coronavirus is bringing time-tested techniques for controlling the spread of disease front and center. For decades health officials have been using...

Lawmakers in at least three states will have less power to draw political boundaries, while automatic and same-day voter registration is coming in other places. New voter ID laws also got approved.

Donald Trump makes his first post-presidency speech at the annual CPAC conference.

It's called visceral leishmaniasis. It's spread by sandflies and fatal if left untreated. Fortunately, a new drug regimen holds promise.

A new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll shows that Americans overwhelmingly reject criminalizing abortion while remain divided on other election-year issues like Biden's 2020 win. Plus: some signs of hope.

As the dust settles from the early rounds of the NCAA Tournament, we bid farewell to the would-be Cinderellas who couldn't pull off the upset and take stock of your tattered bracket.

More than three months into Israel's war in Gaza, the economy of the West Bank is reeling. Many fear the economic pain may lead to even more violence in the territory.