On this week’s program, an Alzheimer’s diagnosis met with courage, curiosity and determination to change the “D” word. Then, ...

Turn your attention skyward Saturday evening and you should be able to catch the peak of the annual Geminids meteor shower.

Chile heads to a presidential runoff on Sunday, with far-right contender José Antonio Kast — a supporter of former dictator ...

The attack, which took place in the city of Palmyra, comes a year after the fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and the lifting of U.S. sanctions.

This week, Wait Wait is live in Chicago with host Peter Sagal, guest judge and scorekeeper Alzo Slade, special guest Lucy ...

Supporters of the displays say the Bible is on their side, but critics call the scenes sacrilegious and politically divisive, ...

Fired University of Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore "barged his way" into the apartment of a woman with whom he had ...

It's called the "graduation" approach — both financial and moral support to help people move from extreme poverty to ...

The monarch revealed the positive outlook in a recorded message broadcast on British television as part of a campaign to ...

In Salzburg, Austria, Christmas involves both St. Nick and Krampus, a mythological punisher with roots stretching back to late antiquity and many fans in the present-day Central Alps.

Japan is learning what life is life under a megaquake watch. NPR's Rob Schmitz talks to Richard Allen, director of the Berkeley Seismology Lab, about what it means.

NPR's Rob Schmitz and sportswriter Howard Bryant discuss the latest on Sherrone Moore's case after his firing as head coach of Michigan football and subsequent arrest for assault.