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NPR reporter Jason Beaubien talks about his trip to Ghana to report on river blindness — and how a farmer who lost his vision is still able to weed his garden.

From afar, the Iowa caucuses look like a chaotic state fair midway, with candidates playing bumper cars as they careen around the state in search of vo...

Last year, our tech reporters looked ahead to developments dealing with anticipatory computing, data breaches and Apple. Now as 2015 ends, they consider what has changed.

After five years, just 12 percent of people diagnosed with papillary thyroid cancer saw their tumors grow by 3 millimeters or more, a study found. And in some people, the tumors shrank.

After more than a year by Trump's side, Vice President Pence has made an art of sanding off the rough edges of the president's remarks.

This year's U.S. Open tennis tournament saw four Americans in the semifinals. What's more, three of them are African-American. Katrina Adams, president of the U.S. Tennis Association, talks with NPR's Michel Martin about the progress made in tennis.

Katie Crutchfield, who performs under the name Waxahatchee, releases energy and emotion with pinpoint precision on her new album. Critic Ken Tucker has a review.

In Houston, floodwaters have mostly receded and residents are starting to turn toward rebuilding. But in places farther east like Beaumont and Pasadena, many communities are still under water.

Immigrants, Border Patrol agents and the first beneficiary of a new criminal justice law will be among those attending President Trump's prime-time address.

The only constant in Lordstown, Ohio, is uncertainty. GM's announcement of stopping production of the Chevy Cruze leaves the plant "unallocated" and families, suppliers and schools in crisis.