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The maker of a highly addictive fentanyl-based drug wants to sell its assets to pay some $250 million in debts. The move could let the company out of part of the settlement deal reached last week.

Compared with monkeys, humans have a brain that is extremely sensitive to a sound's pitch. And that may reflect our exposure to speech and music.

In the wake of Charlotte being ranked 50th out of 50 in economic mobility of the largest U.S. cities, there has been a push locally to erase that...

The document entitled "Male and Female He Created Them," laments what it calls an "educational crisis" around sexuality and reaffirming the church's traditional stance on gender identity.

From Erin Brokovich's fight for environmental justice to the lush natural world in James Cameron’s “Avatar,” nature and the environment often play a...

The administration named high-profile immigration hawk Ken Cuccinelli to lead the agency in charge of citizenship and visas, raising concerns among immigrant rights advocates.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Taylor Lorenz of The Atlantic about the influence economy, how much money is at stake and who has the power.

The United Nations says dozens of people were killed in an armed attack on a village in the West African Nation of Mali. It's the latest in a spate of deadly attacks in the region.

Steve Inskeep talks to Diana Moss, president of the American Antitrust Institute, about the House Judiciary Committee launching an antitrust probe into the big tech industry.

Steve Inskeep talks to law professor Jonathan Turley about the Justice Department acquiescing to House Democrats' demands to turn over some documents related to the Russia inquiry.