It's that time of year when it's customary to be a little kinder - you know, do nice things for other people, blah, blah, blah. But research suggests those acts of kindness can bring real benefits to ...

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, ...

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.

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 ...

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

The couple married in 2014, but separated two years later. A lengthy legal battle ensued over custody of their children and ...

The northern lights could be visible Tuesday night and Wednesday night over the Northern Hemisphere due to a geomagnetic ...

On Presidents Day 1978, Jimmy Carter boarded Marine One at the White House and flew to Wilmington, Del. He was there to raise money for one of his first national political allies: the state's ...

At the same time, those who're tracking avian influenza's footsteps say most of us don't need to be preoccupied with the virus as we go about our day, at least for now. "We're really on alert," says ...

Throughout his lifetime, Jimmy Carter held many titles: 39th president of the United States, Nobel Peace Prize winner, philanthropist, humanitarian, artist – and writer. In his role as an author, ...

Breakups spike during the holidays and the new year. NPR's A Martinez talks to author John Kim, who has a new guide out on how to split from your partner with purpose.

Hadeel al-Shalchi is an editor with Weekend Edition. Prior to joining NPR, Al-Shalchi was a Middle East correspondent for the Associated Press and covered the Arab Spring from Tunisia, Bahrain, Egypt, ...