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African-American women's advantage in avoiding breast cancer has evaporated, with their rates rising to match white women's. Higher obesity rates, a risk factor for breast cancer, may be one reason.

We found out when we talked to some of the 500 high schoolers who came to Johannesburg for a model U.N. We also learned a few of their favorite phrases.

Now all families in China will be allowed to have two children, as NPR's Anthony Kuhn tells host Renee Montagne.

The Wisconsin Republican received 236 votes, well above the 218 he needed to become speaker.

It's a story that has continued developing over the past three months, when a Garland County circuit judge's son died in a hot car.On Wednesday afternoon,…

Four people are now confirmed dead after a plane crashed near the Crow Mountain area in Pope County. The small aircraft left the Russellville Regional…

A bad restaurant write-up couldn't have been real as the restaurant had yet to open, a French court ruled.

Untested cancer drugs are often hyped by journalists, doctors and biotech firms, a survey finds. Dressing up unproved medications with shiny words can inspire false optimism among patients.

A new movie chronicles the team of journalists who uncovered the clergy sex abuse scandal in Boston. Director Tom McCarthy and former Globe editor Walter Robinson join Fresh Air to discuss Spotlight.

Sebastian Stein, an emergency coordinator with Doctors Without Borders, describes the search-and-rescue operation on the ship.