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More than two years after the catastrophic BP oil spill, environmental groups say billions of dollars BP is expected to spend on restoration should go…

An Orleans Parish criminal court judge who has been criticized for her backlog of cases is resigning.Orleans Parish Criminal District Judge Lynda Van…

In the documentary Fixing the Future, reporter David Brancaccio travels across the country following people who are working to reinvent the U.S. economy. Through innovative approaches to job creation and wealth, Americans are rethinking how we measure prosperity.

After 14 years, congressional correspondent Andrea Seabrook is leaving NPR to produce a podcast and blog called DecodeDC. Seabrook reflects on a decade spent covering Capitol Hill and how America's public policies and institutions have changed.

We meet David Ortiz at A.J. Auto Accessories in Chicago. As part of the NPR Cities Project, we'll be hearing "City Life Snapshots" from time to time, sent to us by producers from the Association of Independents in Radio who are involved in its nationwide Localore initiative. This snapshot comes from the Curious City project at member station WBEZ.

Astronomers didn't think such well-formed spiral galaxies existed early on in the universe.

A study of more than 700 men with prostate cancer found no difference in rates of death among men who had their prostates surgically removed compared to those who didn't. The findings suggest that men with low-risk cancers could forgo surgery.

More than half the country is experiencing drought conditions, some of them severe.

The New Orleans City Council will have two open seats on the November 6 ballot. The second vacancy comes after District E Councilman Jon Johnson’s guilty…

One question involves how the GOP presidential candidate amassed somewhere between $21 million and $102 million in his tax-deferred retirement account. His aggressive stance toward taxes in the business world is also drawing questions.