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Legal battles and local tensions persist two years after the North Dakota prairie was filled with thousands of indigenous and environmental protesters opposed to the Dakota Access Pipeline.

New findings about the health effects of e-cigarettes add to a small but growing body of research that undercuts the widely presumed safety of the alternative to conventional cigarettes.

As a woman ages, choosing when to try for a second or third child means weighing fertility odds against the risks of getting pregnant again too soon. A new study provides more data to help decide.

The Democratic National Committee wants to avoid a crush of candidates in TV debates during the presidential primaries. So it set a qualifying threshold: 65,000 donors spread across 20 states.

The Senate gave final passage to the bipartisan spending plan early Friday. The House passed it on Thursday. The bill includes additional border security money and funding for secure voting equipment.

Horror, thriller and science fiction might get dismissed as genre movies (as if recognizable storytelling conventions undermine true quality), but…

Four days after a former Russian spy was poisoned by a nerve agent in the U.K., British authorities have yet to publicly accuse anyone of the attack. Yet speculation swirls about Russian involvement, and, as Luke Harding of The Guardian says, the poisoning looks very similar to previous Russian assassination attempts.

Fifty years ago, his LOVEpainting made Robert Indiana a worldwide sensation. But for the artist, the work also had an intensely personal meaning.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Brandon Judd, president the National Border Patrol Council, about President Trump's plan to deploy National Guardsmen to assist with border security.

With the NBA season well under way, Mike Pesca of the Gist podcast for Slate tells NPR's Ailsa Chang what makes Russell Westbrook of the Oklahoma Thunder so outstanding.