How old is too old for a 30-year mortgage? It's just one of a number of questions that older Americans face when they are ...

How did the U.S. become the Olympic powerhouse it is today? Cold War competition. The Soviet Union sponsored their athletes. But America wanted its athletes to pull themselves up by their bootstraps.

In 1871, Ku Klux Klan violence in South Carolina got so bad that the governor sent a telegram to President Ulysses S. Grant ...

The six suggestions below are takeaways from two sound-rich pieces I did while embedded with NPR's team in Israel in December. One piece was a quick turn on the local reaction to the Bondi Beach ...

The federal agency for protecting workers' civil rights revealed Wednesday that it is investigating sportswear giant Nike for allegedly discriminating against white employees.

U.S. immigration agents in Oregon must stop arresting people without warrants unless there's a likelihood of escape, a ...

The EPA enforced a record low number of environmental laws and regulations during the first year of President Trump's second ...

Oil analysts who worked in Iraq say Iraqi oil sales had more protections after the U.S. invasion than Venezuelan oil sales ...

It's long been thought that eating protein from animals (eggs, meat, chicken, fish) can help you become stronger. But a new ...

Our bodies need protein to maintain muscle. That's important because muscle mass peaks in our 30s and then declines. In this ...

It's important to exercise as we age. Regular movement can help not just with cardiovascular health and maintaining muscle ...

NPR's Steve Inskeep asks David Becker of the Center for Election Innovation and Research for his response to President Trump's assertion that some elections should be nationalized.