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A new report shows the number of abortions has held steady in recent years despite efforts to limit access.

The AI models and chatbots tend to validate our feelings and viewpoints — and provide advice accordingly. More so than people might, a new study finds — with potentially worrisome consequences.

NPR Illinois and ProPublica found several sexual harassment allegations against University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign faculty that haven’t been...

State and federal regulators have launched numbers probes of the popular stock trading app, just as it hopes institutional investors and its own users will buy up its stock.

After the snowstorm this weekend dumped snow across large parts of the country, a key debate is raging on the streets: Can you save a public parking spot after you've dug your car out of it?

When dictionaries add trendy words like "twerk," they're prioritizing the fleeting language habits of the young, says Geoff Nunberg. And our fascination with novel words tends to eclipse subtle changes in the meanings of old ones — "which are often more consequential," he says.

Brown University student Sunil Tripathi disappeared just before the Boston Marathon bombing, and was accused of being involved in the attack. A new documentary looks at the effects of the allegation.

Do Donald Trump's comments about regret signal a new phase in the phenomenon? They might as easily be heard as a variation on what Trump has sounded from the beginning: Same song, different verse.

The Netflix hit show "Making of a Murderer" and the podcast "Serial" have brought up old cases that gathered dust for years. NPR's Rachel Martin talks with Deidre Enright, head of The Innocence Project and featured in Season One of Serial, about what it means to re-litigate select cases.

While "deepfakes" or other manipulated digital material could appear to show events that never happened, their existence also gives politicians the opportunity to cast doubt on reality.