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About one-third of African-American women who get breast cancer are younger than 50, as compared with only one-fifth of white American breast-cancer patients. Health professionals recommend separate guidelines for African-American women: they should get mammograms before age 50 and more frequently.

About one-third of African-American women who get breast cancer are younger than 50, as compared with only one-fifth of white American breast-cancer patients. Health professionals recommend separate guidelines for African-American women: they should get mammograms before age 50 and more frequently.

There are about two dozen tuneless choirs across Britain. The choirs are intended for those who love to sing but lack the ability or confidence to do so.

Environmental officials are inspecting toxic waste sites in southeast Texas that were flooded and potentially damaged last week.

More Americans are turning to food banks to help fill the assistance gap, but administrators caution they aren't designed to act as a safety net for a government program.

Riley's new film centers on a crew of women who steal from luxury fashion stores and sell the goods at lower cost to people who can't afford retail. He says it's a challenge to the system.

Yolen, who authored The Devil's Arithmetic and the picture book Owl Moon, was an author's author — known for gathering loved ones in her Massachusetts home and collaborating with her friends and family.

Right now is Ohio State’s spring break, so campus is mostly deserted. It may stay that way, too, as it’s unclear how many students will return after the…

Alex Murdaugh — the disgraced former lawyer serving a life term for the murders of his wife and son — will get a new trial in South Carolina, the state Supreme Court said on Wednesday.

With President Trump spotlighting the power of private school choice, the NPR Ed Team investigated one of the nation's largest statewide voucher programs, in Indiana, and found, for students with disabilities, that it's often the schools that get to choose, not the students.