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Hillary Clinton wants people with student loan debt to pay lower interest rates. That kind of assistance may not help the people who need it most.

As long as pigs have existed, humans have weighed desire for their meat against disgust for how the animals lived and what they ate. Today we have fresh cause for worry about how pigs are living.

The Russia roller coaster appears likely to deliver another set of twists and turns in the new year. Here's what you need to know — buckle up.

Six days from parliamentary elections, Greece is weighing whether to continue its EU-imposed — and unpopular — austerity program. Former Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou discusses the issue.

They're speaking out and leading protests to learn the fate of fathers and brothers who are among the many hundreds of disappeared Pakistanis — most of them men. Are they making a difference?

A doctor in Yemen says he was threatened at gunpoint when treating a patient infected with the virus. The incident is part of a larger trend of pandemic-related attacks worldwide.

The latest Internet hype is about a thing that doesn't really exist. Some collectors are spending millions of dollars on these digital items called nonfungible tokens, or NFTs.

Many areas within the city of 26 million were already under restrictions, with residents required to submit to multiple tests for COVID-19. It's the most extensive campaign since Wuhan, two years ago.

NPR has tracked the prices of dozens of items at the same superstore in Georgia, including eggs, T-shirts, snacks and paper towels. Here's what got cheaper over the past year, and more expensive.

As U.S. life expectancy falls, experts say incarceration has serious health impacts. The U.S. has one of the highest rates of people in prison or jail in the developed world.