From ceramics and weaving to taxidermy, here are five practices that are affordable, intriguing — and a great distraction.

The overnight wind chill could put people and pets at risk of hypothermia. Plants and pipes will need to be protected as temperatures drop below freezing.

As the dust settles from the first wave of firings at health agencies, here's how many people got cut, and the impact of the ...

NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter join Geoff Bennett to discuss the latest political news, including President Donald Trump's expanding executive power ...

In a new book, Dr. Mary-Frances O’Connor explores the ways grief affects the body, from the heart to the immune system.

The program, which focuses on mentoring and therapy, relies on the idea that most violent crimes are emotional, not rational.

Carr noted in his letter that he was sharing it with lawmakers on Capitol Hill because he thought it could inform their debate over whether to cut off all taxpayer subsidies of NPR and PBS programming ...

Students at Lewis & Clark College in Oregon are trying to bring more attention to one of the world's smaller and often overlooked plants with this year's seventh annual Moss Appreciation Week. (This ...

Over the last week, thousands of federal employees were fired or laid off as part of President Trump's cost-cutting plan.

It is an adjustment to see Bridget Jones in a sad story on-screen. But in Mad About the Boy, Zellweger is still in touch with Bridget's tireless efforts to connect with her own sunniness, which have ...

NPR's Scott Simon talks with British actor — and now short story writer — Rupert Everett about his new book, "The American No." ...

President Trump is pressing Ukraine to quickly end a war started by Russia. Ukrainians, meanwhile, are responding with dread as their government scrambles to find leverage.