More than 21 inches of rain fell during the five-day period that ended Friday near the city of Splendora, about 30 miles ...

Forget the saber-toothed tiger steaks: a new study published this week reveals that ancient humans also ate their veggies.

Jerry Seinfeld has the become the latest in a string of public figures to blame "political correctness" for the death of ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to actor Chris O'Dowd about the second season of the comedy series "The Big Door Prize," and what ...

Bedouin citizens of Israel are forbidden from building rocket shelters in their homes. The recent wars have made that policy ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Alberto Minetti of the University of Milan about his research on how astronauts on the moon ...

NPR's Scott Simon talks with composer Jeff Beal about his new collection of solo piano works, "The New York Etudes," and ...

Tom Selleck became a TV star in the 1980s as the Hawaii-based detective of "Magnum, P.I." He talks with NPR's Scott Simon ...

Closing arguments in the United States v. Google monopoly trial have wrapped up. How the judge decides this case could set a ...

India is almost halfway through its six-week-long election season. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is attempting to win a third ...

Paul Auster was many things: novelist, screenwriter, poet, and NPR contributor. He died this week from cancer at the age of ...

The Just-In-Time Recreation bowling alley in Lewiston, Maine reopens 6 months after a gunman's rampage. This news story is ...