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Guns are the most common method used for suicide, accounting for the deaths of almost half the people who kill themselves, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study finds.

The month-long soccer tournament promises its share of thrilling upsets and political intrigue. Russia hopes that by hosting this global sporting event this year, it will boost the country's prestige.

In an emotional news conference Wednesday, Steve Marshall said he felt compelled to tell his family's "most personal secret" in the hope it could help others.

Steve Inskeep talks to Republican Rep. Will Hurd of Texas about the growing criticism against the Trump administration policy of separating parents and children crossing illegally into the U.S.

Michael Horowitz, the Justice Department's inspector general, took questions Tuesday from lawmakers about the voluminous report his office released last week.

Here are a few of the messages delivered by globally-minded speakers to members of the Class of 2018.

The bee towers over its apian cousins. Females have been recorded as being at least an inch and a half long. Add to that a pair of gigantic mandibles, and it's a bee like no other.

NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley about whether Michael Cohen's testimony could affect President Trump legally.

The Fraser fir is found in a lot of homes around Christmas. But its wild cousins have been in decline for almost a century because of a small invasive pest.

Researchers say the country's fixation on the rape of urban women in public settings distorts the reality of sexual violence in India.