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The authors of a new book argue that grades aren’t a good measure of what a student knows, and may be more stigmatizing than motivating, especially for lower-performing students.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was elected on the promise of renegotiating the regimen of austerity imposed on Greece by its creditors. And Europe warned him it expected Greece to repay its debts.

U.S. authorities say the release of a new audiotape from Osama bin Laden, threatening new attacks in the United States, will not prompt an increase in the terror-threat level. The al Qaeda leader also makes a vague reference to a truce offer on the tape, which Vice President Cheney and other officials dismissed.

Efforts to cut federal spending are targeting a program that gives higher Medicare reimbursements to small hospitals in rural areas. Some observers say the program has gotten so big, it's propping up hospitals that are neither critical to a community nor isolated.

The Cure's first album in 16 years, Songs of a Lost World, is thematically dark, but sonically rich and inviting. Still, though, Robert Smith says there's so much more to come.

Research suggests that the iPhone might’ve had a role in the drop in fertility rates.

U.S. Rep. Pat Tiberi has decided not to run in Ohio's upcoming Senate race. The nine-term Republican congressman announced his decision Tuesday.Tiberi was…

The president and his team are actively undermining the Affordable Care Act markets, NPR's Alison Kodjak reports.

Mating in a suit of armor isn’t easy.

A report commissioned by the Covington Diocese finds students from Covington Catholic High School did not instigate a January incident with Native...