Adam Haslett's compelling novel focuses on the strained relationship between an asylum lawyer and his mother. It's a beautiful appreciation of the all-too-human mess of life.

Costco is raising pay — above $30 an hour for many workers — as the deadline looms for the company to reach a new contract ...

Julia Van Etten suddenly cannot pay her bills this week. The biologist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution won a ...

President Trump's efforts to cut the federal workforce by 10% might not save as much money as hoped and could have unintended ...

Monomoy High School students will showcase their engineering skills on Saturday as they compete alongside 24 teams from ...

President Trump renewed his threat to impose 25% tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada as early as this weekend. The move ...

NPR speaks with Michael McCormick, former vice president of the FAA Air Traffic Organization, about reports that the airspace above Reagan airport has long raised safety concerns.

This Oscar-nominated documentary, which tells the story of the Israeli military's demolition of Palestinian homes in the West ...

Can decommissioning the Pilgrim nuclear power plant be made to go faster? Some members of the citizens panel would like to ...

High sugar cereal brands target TV ads directly to kids under age 12. And this targeted advertising leads to greater household purchases of unhealthy kid cereals, a new study finds.

A German far-right party celebrates as it helps the country's likely next chancellor get a migration bill passed in parliament.

Outside of Vermont, governments have bet big on encouraging modular construction to accelerate homebuilding. But there are ...