The transit service's work will include consolidating bus stops and reducing the number of stops.

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that states cannot require would-be voters to prove they are U.S. citizens before using a federal registration system designed to make signing up easier.

Will Iran's new president, widely hailed as a moderate, be able to change the country's course?

Expanding global trade and investment is the way to achieve worldwide growth, economists say.

Leaker Edward Snowden made the controversial remarks during a live chat with The Guardian.

Seventy percent of Americans polled by Pew Research Center opposed arming Syrian rebels.

The ruling may end the era of what are also called "reverse-payment" deals, in which the maker of a brand-name drug pays a maker of generic drugs to not produce a lower-priced version of their product.

Critics say the program can hurt U.S. job seekers at a time when youth unemployment is high.

Also: Judy Blume gets her own holiday and Michael Chabon considers the superhero costume.

Women don't just outlive men, they consistently outlive men at every stage of life. But why?

A new study found that people of color looking for homes were shown fewer units than whites.

NPR visits Jackson, Miss., as a summer youth workshop meant to bring the civil rights movement out of the past and into the 21st century unfolds.

Researchers say that may be because speech doesn't activate a reward system in the brain for those children the way it does for typical children.

Gelato lovers are flocking to a university outside Bologna, Italy, to master the art of gelato making.

The show's executive producer says ratings for the annual event have fallen in recent years.

The increasingly unsettling “Reunion at Red Paint Bay” ultimately reveals a life-changing incident that happened on a graduation night years before.

"Adventure Time" isn't your typical cartoon, but it's capturing an audience of kids and adults who believe it's getting at something special.