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Newly released documents reveal how the founder of the biomedical startup intends to defend herself at a federal fraud trial starting next week.

NPR's Alina Selyukh speaks with Pashtana Durrani, executive director of LEARN, an education nonprofit in Afghanistan that helps Afghan girls access education.

A study of accelerated aging shows that a person’s biological age may be very different from what is says on your birth certificate.

The students were in a passenger vehicle that collided with a semi in Tishomingo, a rural city located about 100 miles southwest of Oklahoma City.

Potter, a white former police officer, says she drew her gun by mistake when she fatally shot Wright, a Black motorist. Of the first 12 jurors seated, one identifies as Black and two as Asian.

We've heard again and again that crime is rising. But the reality is far more complex, in part because of how we define crime in the first place.

The 21-year-old from Arizona pulls off a complicated tumbling routine with a high degree of difficulty, earning her first Olympic medal.

Millions of people in the U.S. have lost someone they love to COVID-19, and advocates hope to have those losses marked each year on the first Monday in March.

After nearly a decade, the director of the National Weather Service has stepped down. Getting the public to understand weather is just as important as the science that delivers the forecasts, he says.

We asked NPR readers and listeners to share what they're really into and why it brings them joy. If you need a new hobby, here are a few unconventional ideas.