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The last day of February is called Pancake Day in the United Kingdom, and it is marked by pancake races. Teams run pan in hand toward the finish line in a tradition going back hundreds of years.

The repealed Securities and Exchange Commission rule required oil, gas and mining companies to disclose overseas payments. It was meant to promote transparency in countries riddled with corruption.

The humble, hardy gray jay is poised to become a national symbol, but that's definitely controversial among fans of the Canada goose and the common loon. Also the snowy owl and black-capped chickadee.

The federal government spends more than $30 billion a year to fund the National Institutes of Health. How will a new administration affect academic research? What about pharmaceutical research?

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Stephanie Studer, Seoul bureau chief for The Economist, about how the Samsung crisis is reverberating across South Korea.

Sharbat Gula, who appeared on the cover of National Geographic in 1984, was returned to her native country Wednesday. Pakistan had accused her of illegally obtaining identity documents.

Neither getting the flu nor getting a flu shot appears to increase the risk of autism in children, a study finds. The shots are recommended because the flu poses health risks to mother and fetus.

Rebels have held the eastern side of Aleppo for years. Now pro-government troops have retaken some key neighborhoods. Thousands of civilians are fleeing the fighting.

Darwin A. Martinez Torres, 22, is accused of killing Nabra Hassanen of Reston, Va., who was reportedly walking with her friends back to a mosque after getting breakfast early Sunday.

More than 60 people have died, many in their cars, as forest fires sweep across Portugal in a severe heat wave. As environmentalists have warned, non-native eucalyptus trees are fueling the flames.