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Bashar Assad's government will allow U.N. aid to enter three villages, including Madaya, where Doctors Without Borders has reported 23 deaths from starvation since Dec. 1.

Stride Pianist, James P. Johnson is one of Jazz music’s originators. Jazz Night In America with Christian McBride from NPR Music features the music of…

It's not immediately clear why the 121-foot-high homage to Mao Zedong in central China was brought down, but widespread ridicule might have had something to do with it.

To many, the life and career of Motörhead frontman Lemmy Kilmister personified heavy metal. Now his fans want his name on one of four new elements on the periodic table.

An offer of savings on health insurance failed to motivate people to lose a modest amount of weight at a Philadelphia hospital system.

What to expect when President Obama delivers his final State of the Union on Tuesday, from NPR's Ron Elving.

To get, and keep, students on track, teachers are trying a different method of classroom management called no-nonsense nurturing.

As the world refocuses its attention on North Korea after the rogue nation's fourth nuclear test, in neighboring South Korea, day-to-day life has barely been affected.

At the Supreme Court on Monday, union opponents are seeking to reverse a 1977 decision that allows public employee unions to collect fees from those who don't join the union but are protected by it.

Military service does not guarantee U.S. citizenship, which has meant a group of veterans has wound up together just over the border in Tijuana, Mexico, at a refuge they've dubbed "The Bunker."