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This year marks the 50th anniversary of the invention of the microwave. The microwave revolutionized home cooking, and it would be difficult to find a…

An annual "Civility in America" survey found a record-high number of respondents who cited incivility as a major issue in America. Experts say that…

Google and Facebook are as ubiquitous in France as the U.S.But those tech giants and others like them from outside France pay little tax on the profits…

Pickleball is the fastest-growing sport in America, and communities across Ohio and the U.S. are racing to build courts.

Congressional Democrats are mulling a proposal to expand healthcare coverage by lowering the eligibility age for Medicare from 65 to 60-years-old, an idea President Biden supported on the campaign trail. We look back at the history of the socialized medical program for seniors.

Amy Vames of Highland Park, N.J., plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Leila Fadel.

It's the latest in a series of sweeping abortion restrictions passed by Republican-controlled state legislatures that appear aimed at pushing abortion challenges to the Supreme Court.

The world's population continues to grow, but at a slower rate as people have fewer children. The U.N. predicts it will not reach 9 billion for another 15 years.

The deal comes more than a year after Verizon paid $4.4 billion to acquire AOL; as part of Verizon, Yahoo will join the same division AOL currently occupies.

Employers added 196,000 jobs in March, bouncing back from February's weak growth, the Labor Department said Friday. The jobless rate was unchanged at nearly 50-year lows.