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In Patrick Flanery's new novel, the border between mental illness and justified paranoia grows porous as average guy Jeremy begins to fear he's under surveillance. But is he? It's never quite clear.

Another six people who had been on the boat off New Zealand were rescued. A local mayor says the water was dead calm and the assumption was that a whale had surfaced from beneath the boat.

People who the vice president has met with over the year while pursuing her huge — and some would say challenging — portfolio talk about what she has accomplished in the mish-mash of responsibilities.

More than 900 people in the greater Tampa Bay region tested positive for the coronavirus since Tuesday.

Wells Fargo will pay $3.7 billion to settle charges for wrongfully seizing homes and cars. This is the largest penalty ever imposed by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Immigration officials have been under fire for months as five children have died after being apprehended crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. Officials say they need more resources to address the influx.

Former U.S. Attorney Harry Litman breaks down three broad possible conclusions the jury could reach.

President Trump's order changing policy on separating children from their parents at the border may dampen the outrage factor. But NPR's David Folkenflik says the disbelief factor will endure.

Lewis Hamilton has a new team, a new outlook and a new hope. Led by the sport's most successful driver, Formula 1's closest season in recent history starts on Sunday at the Australian Grand Prix.

Fans still have the opportunity to see if the Tampa Bay Rays can stay alive today in their American League Division Series against the Houston…

A federal judge has approved AT&T's $85 billion deal to acquire Time Warner. How will the decision impact other telecom and media giants, along with their customers?

Though anxiety has increased in the U.S. in recent months, a drastic spike in loneliness that psychologists expected hasn't emerged. People seem to be finding new ways to connect, researchers say.

Alvarez won silver in the speedskating relay at the Winter Games in Sochi and is hoping for gold on Saturday when the U.S. baseball team faces off against Japan.

Vietnam veteran Sissy Goodwin has lived his life in a particular fashion for more than 40 years with his wife by his side supporting him. He says she taught him how to love himself.

A new analysis of what were initially thought to be microbial fossils in Greenland suggests they might instead just be mineral structures created when ancient tectonic forces squeezed stone.

NPR's Joe Palca reports that a new prime number has been discovered. This new number is the largest known prime number. A prime number is a number that can only be divided by itself and one.

With so many people staying home together right now, we talk with advice columnist Amy Dickinson about best practices for getting along when you really can't get away from each other.

Last year, U.S. border patrol officials arrested more than one million people illegally entering the United States -- nearly half of them along the Arizona border. A loose coalition of citizens recently began patroling the border themselves, arguing the government wasn't offering enough security. NPR's Ted Robbins reports on the civilian volunteers of the Minuteman Project.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Jim McIngvale, known as "Mattress Mack," about placing bets on big sporting events to draw publicity for his Houston-based business.

Agatha Christie published her first book, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, 100 years ago this month. Popular on the page, screen and stage, she continues to be the bestselling novelist of all time.

Since a militant attack last week, the military has cracked down on the mostly Muslim minority, whom Myanmar doesn't consider citizens. More than 27,000 people have fled for Bangladesh.

The state's rate was lower than the national rate for 45 consecutive months.

Kate Evangelista's new book is called The Boyfriend Bracket, but it's done with the titular bracket in just a few chapters, becoming a sweet story about a high-school senior and her childhood crush.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks to David Bosco, professor at Indiana University, about Mongolia’s decision not to arrest Russian President Vladimir Putin, despite a warrant from the ICC.

The era-defining star's seventh album sparks a conversation about the infinite possibilities of dance music, the difference between fun and pleasure and why disco is always political.