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A typical sight during the 2019 Village Halloween Parade in New York City.

New York City's Village Halloween Parade comes back to life, saved by a serious fan

Canceled last year for only the second time ever because of the pandemic, New York City's storied Village Halloween Parade returns, partly due to one very generous fan.

Researchers meeting in London this week concluded that techniques that have made it easier to manipulate DNA still produce too many mistakes for scientists to be confident any children born from edited embryos (such as these, photographed in 2018) would be healthy.

Ethical concerns temper optimism about gene-editing for human diseases

The Third International Summit on Genome Editing concluded Monday with ethicists warning scientists to slow down efforts to use gene-editing to enhance the health of embryos.

Dr. Chris Van Tulleken took part in a month-long experiment. He ate 80% of his calories from ultra-processed food. He explains what happened in his new book, <em>Ultra-processed People.</em>

An ultra-processed diet made this doctor sick. Now he's studying why

A diet composed of 80% ultra-processed foods led one British doctor to gain weight and feel unwell. Now he's trying to nail down the health effects of this type of diet, which many Americans eat.

What Does Morgan-Stearns Buyout Mean for Consumers?

News that JP Morgan Chase would buy troubled Bear Stearns for a basement price stunned Wall Street. But many Americans were also stunned that the U.S. Federal Reserve took other steps to prevent more damage to the struggling financial institution. Finance expert Alvin Hall updates listeners on the latest financial news, and what it means for consumers.

Stephen Colbert returns to new episodes during Monday's <em>Late Show</em> program.

Late night TV is back! We rank their first episodes

The strike meant the hosts were sidelined for about five months and their return reminds us that satire helps us process the absurdities of modern life and politics.

5 new fantasy novels invigorate old tropes

Spell books, dragons, mermaids, fairies and a magic circus all take on new life in the pages of these five enchanting tales hitting shelves in May and June.

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch's vast empire encompasses everything from newspapers to television networks to tabloids.

'Murdoch's World': Inside One Of The Last Old Media Empires

Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. now stretches from Australia to India, Great Britain and the United States. In a new book, NPR media correspondent David Folkenflik looks at how News Corp. publications covered the company's hacking scandals, and its punitive attitude toward critics.

Construction workers face a higher risk for dying of overdoses and suicide than any other profession. Workers at Mid-City Electric are pushing to address this issue.

Construction crews face high suicide and overdose rates. Columbus groups fighting back

The Alcohol, Drug and Mental Health Board of Franklin County started working with Mid-City Electric to build a program to help construction workers get connected to mental health and addiction services.

If you recently sold your home, you might get part of your realtor fee back

A settlement by the National Realtors Association promises to change the way real estate agents are compensated. It could spell an end to 6% commissions, which are higher than people pay elsewhere.

In Gaza, Palestinian journalists are documenting a war they're also trying to survive

Israel — with rare exceptions — has prevented foreign journalists from entering Gaza. As such, Palestinian reporters remain the world's eyes and ears on the ground, and they do so at great peril.

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