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One in five workers is a contract worker, according to a new NPR/Marist poll. Within a decade, contractors and freelancers could make up half of the workforce, a shift with far-reaching implications.

Popular DNA ancestry tests don't always find what people expect. That is because of how DNA rearranges itself when egg meets sperm — and the quirks of genetic databases.

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg sat down with NPR's Nina Totenberg at the Sundance Film Festival on Sunday where she discussed her thoughts on the #MeToo movement.

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill worked all weekend to try to hammer out an agreement to end a partial government shutdown. The Senate leadership has agreed to vote on a resolution at noon.

The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program is a major sticking point in the government shutdown. David Greene talks to Cristina Jimenez, a DACA activist and former dreamer, about the program.

Wilson turned 'Surfin' Safari' in to his high school music teacher his senior year and failed the class. At age 75, Wilson returned to the school and the current principal changed the grade to an A.

If you want to show someone how much you care, how about naming a cockroach in their honor. For $15, you can give a name to one of the zoo's giant Madagascar hissing roaches. Now that says love.

Also: There are concerns for the FBI following political attacks; Tokyo tests shelter drills for potential missiles; and a volcano in the Philippines is rumbling.

The store, which has been open only to Amazon employees for the past year, uses a smartphone app and a network of cameras to track a customer's purchases.

Mexicans, Central Americans and Haitians make up most people removed from the U.S. But year-end figures analyzed by NPR show that deportations to the rest of the world have jumped 24 percent.