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It’s been a century since acclaimed French sculptor Auguste Rodin died. Museums around the world have a casting of his iconic work The Thinker , but the...

On Sunday, 13 children were discovered emaciated, shackled and held captive by their parents in a home in Riverside County, California. The motive is still unknown. NPR's Kelly McEvers speaks with KVCR's Benjamin Purper, who was on the scene and is following the story.

Last part of a series on environmental justice issues in the Great Lakes region. At the Six Nations of the Grand River reserve, about 10 men are...

The author, best known for works such as the Earthsea series and The Left Hand of Darkness, used her fantastic realms to grapple with difficult themes. She leaves a legacy as a literary trailblazer.

A new study raises "serious questions" about the war-fighting methods in Syria, researchers say. In particular, one weapon has been used almost exclusively on civilians.

Growing up in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood Lucy Biederman had never been inside a Walmart However, that didn’t stop her from having an opinion about the store or its customers. “I thought, ‘Oh Walmart’-it’s such a fraught, weighted word,” Biederman said. That opinion changed when Biederman, now a lecturer at Case Western Reserve University, moved to the rural south where Walmart was the only nearby store.

He's the biochemist Har Gobind Khorana, who discovered the grammar that organizes DNA. But first he had to overcome the accent and mannerisms of his Indian village.

The storm, which meteorologists are calling a "bomb cyclone," brought bitterly cold weather to the South.

Myanmar and Bangladesh say they have signed an agreement to allow the return of Rohingya refugees who fled to Bangladesh. But many Rohingya say they are too scared of violent attacks in Myanmar to return home.

The NFL continues to produce drama on and off the field while the Ball family does the same for the NBA.