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American English has a rich history of regionalisms — which sometimes tell us a lot about where we come from.

Launched shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Hubble telescope isn't showing its age. Astronomers and other fans hope this old charmer will be useful for many years to come.

Last year's release of a Senate report on CIA interrogation practices means lawyers for the accused Sept. 11 plotters can now discuss in court the treatment they say their clients endured.

A new online survey shows only 27 percent of Americans can identify the NBC Nightly News anchor from his photograph.

The number of dollars of unpaid child support each year in the U.S. is well into the billions. NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with data expert Mona Chalabi of FiveThirtyEight.com about the numbers.

The measure pushes the next threat of a shutdown to the Friday before Christmas, setting up a possible showdown over immigration and defense spending as Congress is trying to leave for the holidays.

To Americans abroad, comfort food so often looks like junk food. Shops in London are filled with items from Hershey's, Aunt Jemima and Betty Crocker. But Kellogg's Pop-Tarts seem to rule them all.

Some of the most-read NPR Parallels stories looked at how North Korean nuclear tests could get even more terrifying, a disastrous speech by Britain's Theresa May and the popularity of Uighur models.

Before publishing footage from Japan's "suicide forest," Logan Paul said, "tomorrow's vlog will be the craziest and most real video I've ever uploaded."

The American rock singer, who fronted The Heartbreakers and was also beloved as a member of The Traveling Wilburys, has died after suffering cardiac arrest.