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Antarctica's ice is melting faster than was thought, say scientists who recently completed the most exhaustive assessment of the ice sheet to date.

NPR-Marist poll finds that almost half of online shoppers go to Amazon first when they look for an item. Other search engines know what customers look for but Amazon knows what they ultimately buy.

It's hard to measure the total cost to society of scammers and family members who prey on the elderly. Journalist Nick Leiber reports that a conservative estimate is $37 billion every year. Leiber talks about his reporting for Bloomberg with NPR's Audie Cornish.

On the 50th anniversary of Robert F. Kennedy's death, Cokie Roberts answers listener questions and tells Noel King about the impact of that assassination on the 1968 elections and the country.

After two months of fighting, mostly by majority Republicans behind closed doors, the Ohio House has a new speaker. It was an unusual floor vote because...

The former ICE chief counsel — who oversaw immigration removal cases in four states — stole the identities of people who were "particularly vulnerable," the government said. He was sentenced Thursday.

The Netherlands branch of the organization published a slick magazine about refugees called "Glamoria" and put a flirtatious photo of a woman wearing life jackets on the cover.

There's much ado about the midterms.

The session musician's ubiquitous drums beat a path through rock history. As a member of the Wrecking Crew, Blaine can be heard backing everyone from Frank Sinatra to Neil Diamond and the Beach Boys.

Republican senators were in full party mode in Saturday Night Live's cold open, the day of Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court confirmation. Here's a look at the show's political parodies this week.