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Air pollution levels have dropped dramatically as power plants and factories have slowed down — potentially saving lives. But the public health benefits aren't so simple to calculate.

If you find yourself stressing more and more over life's ups and downs, you're not alone. Statistics indicate that chronic stress is linked to the six…

Lawyers for the Center for Reproductive Rights and Louisiana faced a hot bench Wednesday in a case critical to abortion rights in the U.S. But the Chief Justice - a key vote - did not tip his hand.

The biggest day of voting so far in 2020 wasn't faultless, but it also might have gone much worse. Moves and countermoves are afoot to influence Americans and protect the vote.

It happens only once a decade, so it can be hard to make sense of the census. NPR's census reporter has rounded up facts that debunk some of the most common misconceptions about the national count.

Washington state has issued new public health guidance regarding the coronavirus — including that people at higher risk of illness stay home and away from large groups of people.

U.S. businesses are shutting down plants and watching their sales plummet around the world. Many economists now say odds are increasing that the economy will slow, if not contract altogether.

Greg Miller of The Washington Post reveals the hidden history of Crypto AG, a Swiss firm that sold encryption technology to 120 countries — but was secretly owned by the CIA for decades.

Fiat Chrysler Automotive announced Thursday it will produce an engine for the first time in Indiana. The facility will restore life to a former…

A cache of Instagram posts has yielded what researchers call a more up-to-date look at election interference operations. Much of it is familiar but now executed with more sophistication.