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Calcium has been touted to stave off osteoporosis and promote bone health. But new research suggests going overboard on calcium consumption could lead to kidney stones or even a heart attack.

Lawmakers urged the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to investigate in a letter signed by Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and 3 others.

9/11 changed the commercial landscape of New York City's Finanical District. In the aftermath, many banks and brokerages moved. Today, Wall Street is a far cry from the financial capital it once was.

Former Marine Sergeant Jason Thomas told his youngest son Jason Christian Thomas for the first time about being at ground zero on 9/11.

A new CDC study found that the percentage of obese children and teens increased to 22%, compared to 19% before the pandemic. It also found that expected annual weight gain ranged from 5 to 15 pounds.

An antiviral drug is said to reduce COVID-19 hospitalizations by half.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Gregory Fenves, the president of the University of Texas at Austin, the school at the center of Thursday's Supreme Court ruling about affirmative action.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with researcher Anne Michelin of Sorbonne University about the recently decoded love letters between French Queen Marie Antoinette and Swedish Count Axel Von Fersen.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had to be escorted from a Mass in Rome on Saturday after major protests against Italy's new vaccine mandates broke out.

The authors say their research is the first to show an empirical link between tipping and forced friendliness to sex harassment. More than 70% of female restaurant workers report being harassed.