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Hospitals and nursing homes rely on the immigrant workforce to fill many key roles, research finds. Trump's crackdown on immigration threatens to exacerbate shortages.

A surprising number of Texas tortoises go on the lam. NPR's Scott Simon talks with Brenda Bush of Central Texas Tortoise Rescue about how to keep a tortoise from going astray.

When an NPR reporter heard a startling loud metallic noise in her house, she was about to get an interesting lesson in animal behavior.

If you've been hearing strange noises in your house lately -- like a loud metallic hammering -- it may be a certain creature exhibiting an unusual seasonal behavior.

Jocelyn Pook has written award-winning music for the theater, dance and the concert stage. Her work can be heard right now in cinemas on the score to 'The Wife' and in households in the Netflix series 'The Staircase.'

When Casey Corcoran found his email address in the adultery website's customer database, he told his wife. It was a mistake, and he wanted her to know that. Then they did some computer forensics.

China on Wednesday announced a retaliatory tariff on all U.S. imports, bringing the total tariff level to 84%. The measures are a response to President Trump's latest round of tariffs, which went into effect overnight.

As part of the All Things Considered series "Men in America," producer Viet Le shares his frustrations with shopping for clothes as an extra-small man.

An hour into Wednesday's botched execution in Arizona, an attorney for the inmate reached out to Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy seeking his intervention. How do such appeals work? And how often do they happen?

Ethnic and political tensions are growing in Sweden, a country traditionally known for its openness and tolerance. In some cases, the victims of discrimination are also perpetrators.