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The Springfield Police Department has been understaffed for months. But thanks to a temporary tax hike approved by voters earlier this year, the...

Many voters in the eastern part of the country supported the far-right Alternative for Germany party. "The frustration there is considerable," says one analyst. "It is a feeling of being left behind."

The Nashville-based singer-songwriter has a new album that explores the joys of long-term commitment. Rock critic Ken Tucker says the collection is her most personal and accessible to date.

Six years ago, Maureen Sweeney worked at a Cleveland-area hospital in the labor and delivery unit. She helped hundreds of women deliver their children,…

The deaths of eight residents in a Florida nursing home showed how even seemingly mundane things like failing to maintain climate control can be deadly. Emergency preparation enforcement can be lax.

Rape exams are supposed to be paid for by the state. But one woman was billed seven times for her exam.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to Grinnell College President Raynard Kington about the proposed excise tax on endowment income. The small Iowa school has a very large endowment.

Rachel Martin talks to David O'Sullivan, ambassador of the European Union to the U.S., about talks to form a coalition government in Germany collapsing, and the U.K. working out terms for its Brexit.

On a Monday morning at Buchtel Middle School in Akron, a group of 7th and 8th grade girls are given small yellow bags as part of a session on improving mental health. In the bag is a smartphone. While many might think most mental health sessions would involve counseling or journaling, this program includes a form of therapy that’s quite fitting for the newest generations: a smartphone app. Rosalynnd McNeal is a 7th grader who says she joined the program to help her deal with stress.

Cyntoia Brown received a life sentence for killing a man who hired her for sex when she was 16. Her case is renewing efforts to change how the system treats child sex trafficking victims.