Nigeria has a booming film industry, but critics of Nollywood (ph) say its biggest productions often emphasize a glitzy version of Nigerian life. Now an emerging film festival in the city of Lagos, ...

Volunteering doesn't just benefit the people you are helping. It also improves your own health. Research shows people who do things for others have better brain and heart health.

Early Tuesday morning, almost the entire island of Puerto Rico was hit with a blackout, leaving more than a million people without power. Officials are warning it could take days to restore.

Linda Lavin, the Tony Award-winning actress best known for her role as a single mom and waitress in the TV sitcom "Alice," has died. She was 87.

The Constitution allows members of Congress to determine their pay -- but fear of political blowback for giving themselves a raise has resulted in no cost of living increases in nearly 15 years.

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with writer and runner Ali Feller, host of the podcast Ali on the Run, about strategies she's used to get through a challenging year.

In Damascus beauty parlors, Syrian women hope looking good will help them feel better about a future they fear.

North Carolina had 136 offenders on death row, among the top 5 largest death rows in the U.S. Gov. Roy Cooper's office said ...

Kentucky is among several states that passed bans on street camping and it recently got a glimpse of how it works, in a video showing police giving a citation to a homeless woman going into labor.

In the wake of Blake Lively's sexual harassment and retaliation allegations against co-star Justin Baldoni, more actresses ...

Jimmy Carter was the first evangelical Christian to occupy the Oval Office. But the Baptist Sunday school teacher's relationship with fellow evangelicals was politically and spiritually fraught.

Former opposition groups — some of whom are U.S.-trained — will be knitted together into new Syrian security forces organized ...