The players are women over 50. The oldest this year is 87. They took the field in South Africa for their "World Cup." One ...

A convalescing Pope Francis greeted the crowd in St. Peter's Square on Palm Sunday, in yet another reassuring public sign of ...

More than 30 people were killed in a Russian missile strike on the Ukrainian city of Sumy on Sunday, officials said.

A brave hummingbird does what she can to fight a fire in Sascha Alper's new book. It was one of the last projects illustrator ...

The second season of HBO's hit zombie series takes what works the first season and turns it upside down, mining new drama ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with KSTX listener Randy Hurwitz of Fair Oaks Ranch, Texas, and Weekend Edition ...

For the first time in years, the U.S. and Iran held high-level talks on a new deal concerning Iran's nuclear program.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Andrew Ackerman of The Washington Post about the wild week in the US bond market.

The Museum of BBQ has opened in Kansas City, Mo., and says it celebrates all kinds of American barbeque.

The mood on the campus of Brown University, a hotbed of student protest last year, is now one of fear and intimidation, according to some students.

A wildlife group in the national parks of Italy's Abruzzo – a vast green area known as the "lungs" of Europe - is offering an unusual kind of tourism: tracking wolves. It's part of an effort these ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Harvard American Studies Prof. Lizabeth Cohen about how mass consumption and cheap goods became tied to the American dream.