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Why are some songbirds so brightly colored? A new study finds that a hidden layer of black and white feathers help their colors pop.

The Trump administration has taken a harder line against Cuba's government than the Biden administration.

A bulky winter coat underneath a car seat can pose dangers for children. Ahead of winter storms on the East Coast, here are some tips for optimal car safety.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro asks Sarah Halzack, who has written about retail for The Washington Post, why this season's swimwear is so complicated.

Starting next week, Verizon customers can choose from a slimmed-down menu of options for a lower price. It's a big change for the industry, which has resisted flexible pricing models for years.

While on furlough, Isaac Stein is fulfilling a childhood dream and passion project as a hot dog vendor.

It was once thought that nothing could take down the world's largest animal, the blue whale. But scientists have witnessed something unusual that shows these giants do have a predator to worry about.

The "Danger Zone" singer is asking for his performance to be deleted from a fake "King Trump" video that the president posted to Truth Social on Saturday.

We unpack one of the biggest economic buzzwords of 2025: What is a "K-shaped' economy?

The Serbian bested his Swiss rival 7-6, 6-7, 6-4, 6-3. It was the 40th time the two men had met on the court.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Howard Bryant of Meadowlark Media about baseball, the WNBA and a report about Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden using a racial trope to describe NFLPA head DeMaurice Smith.

We look ahead to the fight over the two voting rights bills in Congress right now as well as how the 2022 political races are shaping up for the midterm elections.

We take a look at President Biden's tough week, after the Supreme Court dealt a blow to his mask-or-test mandate for large employers and his attempt to reform the the filibuster died in the Senate.

Hurricane Dorian bore down on the northwestern Bahamas as a fierce Category 4 storm Saturday, as new projections curved upward enough to potentially spare…

Health care has consistently polled as the No. 1 issue for Iowa voters. As they prepare to caucus, voters weigh which candidate to support and what health care should look like in the future.

Setsuko Thurlow will jointly accept the Nobel Peace Prize this Sunday with ICAN, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, a group she's worked with since it was launched several years ago. Thurlow survived the bombing of Hiroshima and shared her story with NPR's Kelly McEvers. This story originally aired on May 26, 2016 on All Things Considered.

The Nobel laureate who co-created the way our nation measures home prices says that over the long run, they don't increase much. And when they do, it can mean a bubble. Are we in one now?

A U.S. squad that just might be the best ever is already making history. Italy is doing better than expected, while Brazil and Australia have had rockier paths.

In Colorado's 6th Congressional District, likely Democratic candidate Jason Crow is campaigning for more gun control against battle-tested, and NRA-endorsed, incumbent GOP Rep. Mike Coffman.

A report from the U.N. Refugee Agency shows some surprising trends in the world's refugee crisis.