Retail spending — one of the key drivers in the economy — saw its biggest jump in more than two years during March, as more people rushed to buy cars and other big-ticket items ahead of President ...

Growth was driven partly by strong industrial activity and exports, before President Trump's punishing tariffs. Experts say these levies will hurt China's growth this year.

Cases have been rising in Afghanistan and Pakistan — and global health specialists are worried that this year's U.S. foreign ...

What does the clash between Harvard and the Trump administration look like from the perspective of its faculty? NPR's Michel Martin akss Harvard Law School professor Nikolas Bowie.

President Trump on Tuesday threatened to pull Harvard's tax-exempt status a day after cutting more than $2 billion in federal funding after the university refused to implement government demands.

Trump has signed an executive action aimed at lowering prescription drug prices. And, the president threatened to revoke Harvard University's tax-exempt status after it rejected government demands.

They can be life-saving but radiation from the scans also contributes to cancer risk. The authors of a new study estimate ...

When you think of Coachella, you probably picture the festival. But there's much more to know about the place it calls home.

Scientists have recently mapped the painted lady butterfly's annual flight from equatorial Africa to northern Europe and back ...

For NPR's College Podcast Challenge, one college student shares her complicated relationship with her Catholic faith, and shares advice for other people asking the same big questions in life.

LOS ANGELES — Wink Martindale, the genial host of such hit game shows as "Gambit" and "Tic-Tac-Dough" who also did one of the ...

The court is scheduled to rule whether a transgender person with a certificate that recognizes them as female can be regarded as a woman under equality laws.