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Creating a census of the dung beetles of Massachusetts could help inform how to make sure dung beetles keep doing their important work in forests and farming fields.

Voters may not have foreign policy at the top of their list of concerns, but it is a major part of a U.S. president's role.

Girls in the U.S. are getting their first menstrual period about 6 months earlier on average than they did in the 1950s and '60s. And the number of girls starting their period before age nine has doubled. Researchers say parents can help prepare their kids for early puberty.

In Beijing, Chinese president Xi Jinping promised African leaders money and jobs as China continues to expand its influence in Africa

Nearly two years ago, the owners of Atlanta's leading newspaper hired former CNN executive Andrew Morse to reverse its steep decline. He's laid out a grand vision.

Author Michael Tackett speaks with NPR's Steve Inskeep about his book, "The Price of Power," a new biography on the personal and political life of Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky.

People in Syria are looking for their relatives and friends in prisons, hospitals and morgues. The U.N. estimates over a 100,00 people have gone missing in Syria under the Assad regime.

New York is known for its street food vendors. NPR spent time with a recently arrived migrant who is hitting the streets to sell for the first time, but has to overcome his crippling shyness.

The U.S. Supreme Court put on hold a lower court order that stopped Virginia from purging its voter rolls. The order comes less than a week before Election Day.

Lutnick, a billionaire investor who has been overseeing Trump's transition, will oversee a sweeping federal bureaucracy and have a role in enforcing Trump's promised tariffs.