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These days, green tea has its health halo pretty firmly affixed. But in Victorian England, adulteration was rampant, and the drink was seen as a "stomach-churning, nerve-jangling threat to health."

The ad wars are about to start in earnest. And the best-funded superPAC is about to dominate the airwaves in support of Jeb Bush.

The Valley Fire alone has claimed 585 homes and hundreds of other structures since it started Saturday. At least one person has died.

In cities like New York, Austin, Los Angeles and San Francisco, the cost of living has been rising, taking a toll on many teachers.

New digital technologies are changing the museum world: mobile apps, QR codes, beacons, 3-D printers, tablets.

A new policy is prohibiting the use of unmanned aircraft near the Arkansas state Capitol.The Arkansas Capitol Police on Tuesday announced a new ban on the…

NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with Bruce Conforth, professor of American culture at the University of Michigan, about words that have entered colloquial language after originating as book characters.

The leaders of the U.S. intelligence community convened on Capitol Hill Thursday to discuss worldwide cyber security threats. They said the problem is only getting worse.

Federal prosecutors say an Arkansas police officer has been arrested and charged with drug conspiracy.Prosecutors announced the charge Thursday against…

Christopher Saucedo lost a brother in the twin towers, and two of his houses were flooded in the storms. He says he hopes his art shows people what it means to lose and how we manage to survive.