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Meteorologist Outlines Why Hurricane Florence Is Such A Potentially Dangerous Storm

Meteorologist Bob Henson outlines the confluence of ominous factors that make Hurricane Florence a very worrisome storm.

Lloyd Schwartz, a poet, University of Massachusetts professor and Pulitzer Prize winner, reads from On The Road by Jack Kerouac during a marathon reading of the book in Lowell, Mass., on Sept. 5, 2007.

'Music In and On the Air' by Lloyd Schwartz

Radio listeners who have enjoyed the pithy and informed commentary on matters classical music from Lloyd Schwartz on NPR are lucky.I’m luckier than most.…

How Movie Stars Control Their Macho Capital

Hollywood action stars like Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson are protecting their "toughness" by negotiating to prevent their characters from getting beaten up. They star in aFast & Furious spinoff.

President Biden signed three executive orders related to immigration on Tuesday. His aides said work to reverse his predecessor's immigration policies has only just begun.

Biden Signs 3 Immigration Executive Orders. Activists Want More

President Biden has been working to unwind many of the executive actions taken by former President Donald Trump. But the administration has warned that the changes will take time.

Many Marines return to the states with vivid memories of their combat experiences, and the array of emotions they face internally may be hard to detect. While changes in behavior are more obvious, symptoms can also manifest in physical form.

PTSD changes the brain. Research by the Cincinnati VA aims to change it back

The largest study in the world on biological differences of people living with PTSD could lead to diagnosis through blood and saliva tests.

Close-up of the hands of a young man who pours alcohol from a decanter into a glass, on a dark isolated background.

Many people turned to alcohol during COVID. That is proving deadly in Ohio and elsewhere

From 2019 to 2020, alcohol induced deaths rose 25% nationally and 22% in Ohio.

UVA Math Prof. Ken Ono helped swimmer Emma Weyant improve her race time. She won an Olympic silver medal in Tokyo last summer.

This professor studies each swimmer as a math problem. It's helped them to be faster

Heading into national swimming championships, the University of Virginia relies on a mathematician, cameras and sensors to help each swimmer perform their best.

The war in Ukraine is creating food shortages at home and a ripple effect around the globe.

It's planting season in Ukraine, and that means problems for global food supply

Russia's invasion of Ukraine sent ripples beyond the immediate conflict zone, breaking supply chains and creating food shortages as two of the world's biggest food exporters went to war.

A combination of factors is pushing some people in rural areas to consider moving closer to cities.

Inflation is crushing rural America and may even drive people to the cities

Inflation is hitting hard in rural America and could accelerate depopulation in some parts of the country, according to the latest analysis from one expert.

Lafarge SA paid a nearly $800 million fine over its payments to terrorist groups in Syria in order to keep its cement plant (pictured) in Jalabiya, northern Syria, working.

French cement giant Larfage pleads guilty in U.S. court to paying millions to ISIS

Under an agreement with the Justice Department, Lafarge also pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to provide material support to designated foreign terrorist organizations.

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