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After a decade of outsourcing military health care, the Pentagon now plans to do the opposite, an about-face Matt and Helen Perry hope means they'll get the care they were promised after going to war.

With gasoline prices averaging above $4 a gallon nationally, drivers are grappling with a sharp rise in fuel costs. How can you get the most out of every fill-up?

The action, which falls under a strict new Beijing-imposed national security law imposed on Hong Kong, comes in response to an unauthorized, independent primary held in July.

President Trump is issuing an executive order intended to force hospitals to disclose prices. A lot of work remains to turn this order into a regulation, and the industry is resisting the move.

Global companies are exiting Russia after the country's invasion of Ukraine. For some observers, it marks the return of Russia to a time when it was closed off from the global economy.

At many companies, annual reviews are being transformed as the nature of work changes. And instead of ranking their employees, firms are turning to more frequent, less formal evaluations.

For NPR's Newsmakers, Michel Martin speaks about the future of American Vogue with its new Head of Editorial Content Chloe Malle.

Reverend Crystal Muldrow’s dedication to supporting the congregants of Unity Fort Myers during the coronavirus pandemic demonstrates how this church is more than just the building.

Seventy years ago this spring, university students all across Germany burned books deemed contrary to Nazi ideology. NPR's Emily Harris reports on the lifelong pursuit of a German war veteran to restore a literary legacy that was nearly lost. See archive photos from the book-burning rallies, and hear one witness recount what he saw at a 1933 rally in Berlin.

Last year, Donald Rumsfeld's pronouncements from Pentagon briefings and media interviews were arranged into poems. Now those poems have been set to music. No, the defense secretary doesn't sing. That job falls to a soprano. Hear selections from The Poetry of Donald Rumsfeld and read the lyrics.

Herman Wouk, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Caine Mutiny and The Winds of War, talks to Bob Edwards about the first novel he's written in 10 years -- the only one with a science theme.

Mosquitoes find some people way more delicious than others. Now scientists have found a way to make you less attractive, no chemicals needed.

A new licensing exam for New York City's tour guides is stirring a passionate debate between those who believe tours should focus on the facts and history and those who favor an experience that highlights the intangible soul of the city.

Several possible reasons are being attributed to the rise of mental health issues among teenagers.

Civil rights groups are lobbying Congress to put an end to racial profiling, the practice of targeting people because of their race or religion. A bill before Congress aims to do just that. On Tuesday, a Senate Judiciary panel heard from victims, police and lawmakers.

Jackie Briggs had a rose-shaped birthmark on her upper arm. One day a stranger noticed it and asked a question about the mark that ended up saving Briggs' life.

After sifting through thousands of submissions for our short-story contest, we have found a winner. This round, guest judge Karen Russell asked you to write a story in which a character finds something he or she has no intention of returning.

Some experts argue that antidepressants may cause suicidal thoughts in young patients. But a new analysis of data contends that these medications are a help for most depressed children and adolescents.

Sydney Pollack died Monday of cancer at his home in Los Angeles. He was best known for directing The Way We Were, Out of Africa, Tootsie and Three Days of the Condor, among many other movies. But he began his career as an actor.

John le Carre, a one-time British intelligence officer, has been writing spy stories for more than 40 years. In his latest novel, he explores the complexities of the war on terror.

The winning photographs star different species from around the world, all highlighting the interplay between animals and humans. The two grand titles went to shots of a horseshoe crab and barn owls.

These judges, and their staff, are caught in the crosshairs of Trump's twin efforts to increase deportations — and reduce the size of the federal government.

President Trump says NATO allies will buy weapons from the U.S. and give them to Ukraine.

New reporting from ProPublica finds his administration is subtly changing the mission of a government agency tasked with helping migrants and protecting kids who cross the border alone.

The Environmental Protection Agency says it's delaying the timeline for water utilities to implement Biden-era rules intended to limit harmful per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances —commonly known as PFAS — in drinking water.