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If you or your loved ones live in an area prone to wildfires, there are certain steps you can take to be prepared.

Some 86 million Americans live with prediabetes, which can progress to diabetes, a costly and debilitating disease. A new program can help people lose weight, a proven way to reduce the risk of getting the disease.

Thousands of teens suffer from a rare chronic pain condition that makes everyday life excruciating. Some are trying a counterintuitive treatment approach: Load up on pain until you learn to ignore it.

LGBT activists say the bill is not a true repeal and would leave in place "the harms of the discriminatory HB2 law." A key vote in the Senate on Thursday is expected to be close.

Nine U.S. chains have filed for bankruptcy this year. Store closures are accelerating, and 89,000 retail jobs have been lost since October. "The disruption is just unfolding," a former executive says.

New documents obtained by NPR show that nearly 11,000 TEACH recipients may have lost their grants because of mistakes by the loan servicer, but only a small fraction of the problems were ever fixed.

Cathy Davidson is a historian of technology who finds the seeds of necessary innovation in unexpected places, like her home institution, the City University of New York.

What separates good preschool from bad? A new report maps out some key answers by studying successful programs.

Volkswagen has "withdrawn the application for certification of our model year 2016 vehicles," CEO Michael Horn says, adding that the company is still working with U.S. agencies.

Relay, an independent teacher prep program, is growing quickly thanks to its hands-on approach. Is this the future of teacher training?