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Speech therapist Wendy Chase helps transgender people make their voices sound like their gender identity. She says how people communicate affects how they are perceived.

In a conversation with NPR's Steve Inskeep, the Republican speaker of the House suggests how different the focus at the party's upcoming convention might have been, had he been leading the ticket.

Around the world, A's, B's and O's are disappearing from signs. It's all part of a public awareness campaign spearheaded by the U.K.'s National Health Service.

The bar has passed a resolution prohibiting conduct that lawyers should "know or reasonably know" is harassment or discrimination, following the lead of many U.S. states.

Can a single photo make a difference? For one NPR audience member — who admits she knew little of the Syrian war before last week — the answer is yes.

Without using names, the president's remarks at a veterans event supported the father of a slain soldier who had said Donald Trump "sacrificed nothing and no one."

A newly published report from the human rights group cites horrific conditions in detention facilities operated by Syria's state security branches.

Researchers from the Nautilus exploration vessel came upon the bright purple creature with giant eyes. It may look like a cartoon character, but it's real. It's also pretty tough, a researcher says.

It is a historic first 150 years in the making, starting when suffragettes demanded the right to vote and Victoria Claflin Woodhull became the first woman to run for president in the United States.

Former Ohio Congressman Steve LaTourette – who developed a reputation in Congress as a moderate and bipartisan force -- has died at age 62. LaTourette...