The federal grant funding traditionally goes out by July 1. It includes support for migrant education, after-school programs ...

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has traveled so far from Earth that the relative position of the stars is beginning to shift — a fact that could help future spacecraft navigate the galaxy on their own.

Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart has died at the age of 90, following a heart attack last month. The Pentecostal preacher had an audience of millions before a sex scandal in the late 1980s.

Drowning is the number one cause of death for children ages 1-4 in the United States. NPR's Life Kit has water safety tips to keep young swimmers safe this summer.

In the U.S., four in five cars sold last year were either SUVs or pickup trucks. That's a far cry from even the 1990s, when that number was closer to 25% of all sales.

President Trump will visit a new detention center for detained migrants in the middle of the Florida Everglades.

Child care costs continue to climb for families with young children. If you have two kids, the bill can rival your mortgage ...

The Make America Healthy Again Movement is challenging decades of dietary guidance in its push to get people to drink more whole milk.

It might feel risky to make big, bold changes to a brand-new apartment. But NPR’s “Life Kit” has tips for making your space your own, without losing your security deposit. Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong ...

The jury is deliberating in the much-followed trial of disgraced media mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs. We get the latest from Daniel Arkin, national reporter with NBC News. This article was originally ...

Republican leaders point to fraud, waste and abuse in Medicaid, and say the cuts to the program will address it.

The functional near-infrared spectroscopy cap, or fNIRS cap, is used to study the brain activity of children. But it has limits.