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Protesters continued to disrupt the hearings as Democrats grilled Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh Wednesday.

Twenty years ago on Dec. 31, the world at large waited with anticipation. When the clock struck midnight and the calendar changed from 1999 to 2000,...

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences delays the 2021 Oscar ceremony from February to April because of COVID-19.

Patients with Type 2 diabetes are often steered toward medicine or insulin to control blood sugar. But it's also possible, with more support than patients often get, to use diet and exercise instead.

The two hefty toms, named "Peas" and "Carrots," starred in the White House turkey pardon, one of the odder White House holiday traditions.

Police say they have apprehended a suspect after shooting him in the leg, and it's not clear what his motivations were. Six other people were injured in the attack about 100 miles from the capital.

Astronomers using telescopes in Hawaii and California have found two exoplanets orbiting a star a mere 54 light-years away. The discovery is important for two big reasons.

New York streetwear brand Supreme has been acquired by VF, the parent company of Vans, The North Face and Timberland. NPR discusses whether the brand will retain its street cred.

The coronavirus has crushed both the U.S. and China economies. Whichever emerges in better shape at the end of the pandemic might shape how global power shifts, perhaps for many decades to come.

If you live in a big city, you may have noticed new buildings popping up — a high-rise here, a skyscraper there. The concrete jungles that we've built over the past century have allowed millions of us to live in close proximity, and modern economies to flourish. But what have we given up by moving away from the forest environments in which humans first evolved? This week, we revisit our 2018 conversation about the healing power of nature with psychologist Ming Kuo.