Search results for

Grieving the loss of a loved one to drug overdose can be difficult when it is mixed with guilt and remorse. But support is scarce for those who are left behind.

Scientists say Limacina helicina, which moves much like a fruit fly, represents a "remarkable" evolutionary convergence. Its ancestors and those of flying insects diverged some 550 million years ago.

Republican senators have a range of options at their disposal if they want to block an Obama Supreme Court nomination.

President Obama plans to travel to Cuba next month, capping a historic diplomatic thaw after decades of official isolation.

Marco Rubio had a rollercoaster through the first two presidential contests in Iowa and New Hampshire. He's looking for momentum in South Carolina and landed the endorsement of Gov. Nikki Haley.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Lee Rainie, director of Internet, Science and Technology at Pew Research Center, about the general public's opinion on digital privacy and government surveillance.

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson. The Republican senator, who is running for re-election this year, said on Sunday we should wait for the next elected president to choose Justice Antonin Scalia's replacement. He has since switched his position, now willing to vote on Obama's Supreme Court nominee.

About two-thirds of millennials aged 25 to 32 don't have a bachelor's degree. But most of the conversation around millennials focuses on college graduates and their concerns about student loan debt. So what issues matter most to young people who don't go to college?

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Jyri Rantanen, Red Cross and Red Crescent representative in Syria, about the aid convoy happening in Syria, which has gained access to five new cities that were previously under siege.

The showdown between the FBI and Apple could result in huge changes for security and privacy, but one thing it may not do is deliver a big break in the San Bernardino case.