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An attorney for the company that makes the prescription opioid painkiller OxyContin says there is an opioid crisis.

As Memorial Day approaches, the Library of Congress is calling on families and friends of those who served in uniform to help preserve their stories.The…

Health data breaches have affected more than 3.7 million people so far this year and Florida has the most victims with 2.73 million, The News-Press in...

Stephanie White clutches a stack of photos as images of her slain son air on television news accounts of a deadly nightclub shooting in Florida.Her son…

Remember that line used by President Ronald Reagan, "trust but verify?"With news about the calamity and suffering in Texas wrought by Hurricane Harvey,…

An Englewood psychiatrist was sentenced to two years in prison and ordered to repay the Internal Revenue Service $15 million in taxes, the Lakeland...

In a conversation with NPR's Juan Williams, Alberto Gonzales lays out the goals for his term of office, including "the protection of this country." The new attorney general also cautions against "complacency" in thinking about terrorist threats and setting priorities.

As overhauling Social Security takes center stage in Washington, perhaps no group is watching the debate more closely than middle-aged Americans.

Millions of low-income working families don't belong to the formal banking system. They cash their paychecks at convenience stores and hide their savings at home. Now, some financial institutions are offering the non-banking population new services -- and financial hope.

The decision follows the company's layoff of 150 employees in May and the loss of 200,000 U.S. subscribers in April, the first customer decline in over a decade.

What does it actually mean to be poor? And how do people fall below the poverty line?

Davos kicks off. China deals with COVID.

Activist Erin Brockovich has been visiting East Palestine, Ohio, following the derailment of a Norfolk Southern freight train carrying hazardous chemicals last month.

After days of deliberation, the judge in the Bill Cosby case has declared a mistrial. Earlier today, the District Attorney Kevin Steele announced his intention to seek a retrial.

Barry Werth talks about the tumultuous transition between the presidencies of Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford chronicled in his book 31 Days. Among those who played roles were Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney.

One year ago, President Bush made a speech from Jackson Square in New Orleans immediately after Hurricane Katrina. In it, he made several promises to area residents. NPR White House correspondent David Greene reviews how the process has worked.

In her new book, The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: Murder and the Undoing of A Great Victorian Detective, Kate Summerscale revisits the gruesome 150-year-old murder that helped catapult British mystery fiction into being. Fresh Air book critic Maureen Corrigan offers a review.

Thousands of demonstrators are marching in Jena., La. They're supporting six black teenagers who are charged with beating a white classmate. Christopher Harvey, a political science student at Texas Southern University, shares his views on the protest and case.

46-year-old Melissa Perez was fatally shot through her door and window last month after officers responded to what appeared to be a mental health crisis.

Taking effect over the next two years, the new rules will require airlines to issue consumers automatic cash refunds within a few weeks.

Underground rapper. Chart-topper. Deadpan actor.

Form meets function.

Dozens have been found dead among the rubble and the numbers are expected to grow in the coming days.

In Canada, so much land burned that half the world's countries could fit in the charred spaces.

The 17-member vaccine advisory panel makes important recommendations about vaccines.