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Joshua Littman was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome, a form of autism, when he was 5. When he was 9, he joined MENSA. Recently, Joshua, 12, wrote a list of questions to ask his mother.

When a recipe for Ebinger's Blackout Cake surfaced long after the bakery's demise, Katie Workman knew it was just the thing to make her grandfather. Little did she know the trial that was yet to come.

The talks with North Korean officials Thursday were for planning the next summit, but the meeting was postponed over scheduling conflicts. President Trump now says he's in no rush.

Here are three new recipes as well as tips for getting everything on the grill cooked to perfection.

Last week, the Social Security Advisory Council offered three separate options for reforming the social security system. The 13-member panel could not agree on a single approach for shoring up the nation's main retirement program, so it split into three factions, each with its own proposal. In the first report of a three-part series, NPR's John Ydstie reports on the go-slow approach advocated by council-member, Robert Ball.

"The whole world is singing in Spanish," says singer Luis Fonsi. How the mainstreaming of reggaeton, the ubiquity of streaming services and some queasy culture clashes gave us the song of the summer.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Grammy winner Arooj Aftab about finding musical inspiration in the words of the 13th-century Sufi mystic poet Rumi and about how her Pakistani heritage informs her work.

"Many patients are coming back to the clinic a year and a half after having COVID-19 and some of them are developing onset diabetes and heart disease."

A week after Kendrick Lamar's new album, GNX, was surprise released, it proved to be a chart phenomenon, debuting at No. 1 on the album chart and claiming the Top 5 spots on the singles chart.

From unreleased music to promotional flyers, photos, a mirrored dressing room sign, and even a stray Andy Warhol print, Blondie's out with a new box set, Blondie: Against The Odds 1974-1982.

After nearly three weeks of protests in Russia's Far East over the arrest of a provincial governor, neither Moscow nor the protesters seem willing to back down.

The Federal Highway Administration said the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program is under review. It was part of the Biden administration's clean energy push.

NPR's A Martinez talks to political strategist Rina Shah about what has happened since September's debate — including a new House speaker and the withdrawal of Mike Pence from the presidential race.

Across the country, hospitals are desperate for RNs and specialty nurses. Yet, paradoxically, the nursing pipeline has slowed, with educators retiring or returning to clinical work themselves.

Opponents say the bills would further stigmatize LGBTQ people and limit teachers’ abilities to discuss the realities of American history.

New Jersey has banned drivers from pumping their own gas since 1949. But high gas prices and a shortage of station attendants have renewed calls to lift the ban.

One man's story shows the underlying racial tensions and insularity of the early days of the U.S. space program.

The three deaths in Melbourne this week mark at least 108 since Brightline began operations in July 2017.

City University of New York had initially offered the former CIA director $200,000 to teach a course and deliver two lectures.

Money that investors borrow to trade in the stock market is called margin debt. This debt is now above $1.5 trillion, 50% higher than a year ago. Could this spell trouble for the U.S. economy?

This Labor Day, several federal programs expire which had extended unemployment benefits due to the pandemic. 7.5 million people's aid will be cut entirely and millions more will lose $300 a week.

Florida health officials report 42,402 people have tested positive for the coronavirus in the state; an increase of 479 since Tuesday.Sixty-seven of those…

In some towns in India, a visitor to the post office who's squinting at fine print might be asked: Do you want an eye test?

We're not tipping our hats and using "mister" and "missus" quite like we used to.

In the first of a two-part series, NPR's Madeleine Brand reports on the new "Supermax" prison in Boscobel, Wis., built to house the most vicious criminals from other prisons. It cost $44 million to build, and yearly operating costs are projected at $10 million. It appears that economic and political considerations played an important part in the decision to build the facility, which has room for 500 inmates.