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NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Debra Katz, an attorney representing Charlotte Bennett who is a former executive assistant of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Researchers in Toronto are studying whether singing in a choir and practicing pitch can help hearing-impaired people function better in noisy environments.

While there are no known cases yet of coronavirus in refugee camps, the disease may hit these communities hard, warns Muhammad H. Zaman of Boston University — and it's urgent to mitigate risk.

Owner Dan Snyder and the NFL were among those sued by the District of Columbia, accused of lying about an inquiry into sexual misconduct and a persistently hostile work environment within the team.

In 2019, Tyler Andrews clocked the fastest-known running time on the 40-mile Salkanty rail through the Andes. He's also set speed records on Japan's Mount Fuiji and Ohos Del Salado, the world's tallest volcano, in Chile.

It's been 100 days since Pope Leo XIV's election. In that short span, we have learned a lot about his plans and priorities.

Anne Gorsuch’s first order of business: slashing the EPA budget to fit Reagan’s idea of small government edict. But a group of bureaucrats both in and outside of the agency unite to leak documents to the press.

Last week, the International Association of Athletics Federations issued a new rule that bans women with naturally high testosterone levels from competing unless they medically reduce their testosterone levels. NPR's Audie Cornish talks about the new rule with bioethicist Katrina Karkazis.

Cowboy boots and fishnets might not feel like a natural pairing. But at this weekly queer line dancing night in New York City, that's almost the uniform.

In one upstate New York community, a Bitcoin mining operation is drawing criticism from people who say the natural gas burned to make the cryptocurrency is causing too much pollution.