Anticipation is growing and bookies around the world are taking bets on who'll be awarded this year's Nobel Peace Prize. Here is what to know ahead of the award announcement this week.

What people believe about health increasingly depends on how they feel about politics, according to a new poll. Consider President Trump's Sept. 22 warning about acetaminophen, the active ingredient ...

For the first time, renewable energy has overtaken coal as the primary source of electricity around the world, a new report says, indicating a shift in the global reliance on environmentally harmful ...

President Trump is deploying National Guard troops to U.S. cities, erasing "woke" in the military and striking alleged drug boats off Venezuela. The Atlantic's Nancy Youssef discusses what this means.

Is this the season of cutbacks or splurges? As we prepare to cover holiday shopping and deals, NPR wants to hear from you, whatever your plans may be.

Thirty of Ross' trademark landscapes will be sold at a series of auctions starting in November. He painted many of them live on The Joy of Painting, which started airing on PBS in the 1980s.

Mormon Women for Ethical Government was one of the plaintiffs in a lawsuit that could overturn Utah's Republican-leaning map for U.S. House seats. That could matter in next year's elections.

The Trump administration is considering another bailout for soybean farmers hit hard by China's retaliatory tariffs. NPR speaks with Caleb Ragland, president of the American Soybean Association.

After six failed attempts, the Senate will vote again Thursday to end the shutdown, as both parties continue to trade blame over who is stopping the government from reopening.

Hundreds of National Guard troops are in Chicago to protect federal property at President Trump's request. State officials will appear in court Thursday to block it, calling the deployment "illegal." ...

Military Troops from Texas have started to arrive outside of Chicago as part of the Trump Administration's battle with Chicago over immigration enforcement.

The White House is floating the possibility that some furloughed federal workers could be denied back pay once the government reopens. Some workers and experts say the law requires they get paid.