Two years after mass protests, women are still demonstrating against Iran's mandatory hijab law and clerical rule. Iran's government is saying the activists are in need of psychiatric help.
Alice Brock, whose restaurant in western Massachusetts inspired Arlo Guthrie's Thanksgiving song, died last week at the age of 83.
Australian children will be banned from using some of the world's biggest social media sites under strict new laws passed by the country's parliament.
The ceasefire deal between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon requires Hezbollah fighters to move North, away from the border with Israel. Lebanon's government is responsible for ensuring it happens.
With China's economy on the ropes and President-elect Donald Trump promising steep tariffs on imports, participants in a trade fair in Shanghai face uncertainty.
A new CDC report finds that more than 85% of U.S. adults 65 and older are not getting enough exercise. All adults should get moderate aerobic activity and weight or resistance training every week.
In this story from the archives that first ran on All Things Considered in 1971, an elderly woman from Ohio reflects on Thanksgiving memories from her childhood.
Noah Bookbinder of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington tells NPR's Ari Shapiro that President elect Trump is set to enter office with several major conflicts of interest.
The Department of Energy is focusing on aerogels to reduce the severity of lithium battery fires. a lab that creates the substance shares the pros and cons of this technology in creating safer EVs.
NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Bon Appetit food editor Rachel Gurjar about creative ways to use up your leftover Thanksgiving ingredients.
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Tom Fletcher, the UN's top humanitarian and emergency relief official, about his first-hand look at what's been called "the world's worst humanitarian crisis" in Sudan.
On Friday, people in France had a glimpse inside Notre Dame Cathedral for the first time since the fire nearly six years ago.