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Liz Stepansky decided to become teacher to follow in the footsteps of her parents. But the profession was not what she had expected based on their experiences a generation earlier.

It's a new season for the NFL but it's facing some of the same controversies. And basketball great Lindsay Whalen may be retiring from playing, but she's not going far.

The reigning world champions say they won't defend their title. Along with higher pay, they want more marketing and training support from USA Hockey. USA Hockey said it was "disappointed" by the move.

Proponents of postgraduate residencies say the extra clinical training boosts expertise in dealing with complex medical cases. But some nurse practitioner groups see the programs as unnecessary.

A federal judge found the Trump administration has been improperly detaining people who qualified for asylum. NPR's Michel Martin speaks to Hardy Vieux, legal director of Human Rights First.

A committee of experts examined about a dozen different synthetic biology technologies that could be potentially misused. For each, they considered how likely it was to be usable as a weapon.

The evacuation zone had extended for miles. The Canadian-owned refinery processes crude from the Canadian tar sands in Alberta and from North Dakota's Bakken shale oil fields.

On the eve of the World Cup Final, NPR's Michel Martin chats with former FIFA Referee Howard Webb about what it takes to referee one of the biggest sporting events in the world.

One look at this video and you'll know why Trevor Noah said they "won" the Kiki challenge.

A new NASA probe will get closer to our sun than ever before, to try to solve mysteries like why its atmosphere is so much hotter than its surface.