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Three women have accused the astrophysicist of inappropriate behavior. One says she quit her job on his TV show Cosmos because of it.

A European Union legislative group sent a letter of reproach to members of Congress after the State Department quietly downgraded the status of the EU's ambassador to the U.S.

Pedestrian deaths have spiked in the U.S. since 2010. SUVs have surged in popularity, but their design can be especially deadly for those on foot.

The European Union's new data protection law is intended to strengthen privacy rights and stop abuses by social media giants. But the law also forbids people from posting anyone's picture online without their permission — and that includes tourist vacation photos.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with journalist Ronan Farrow about his expose in The New Yorker surrounding allegations of sexual misconduct by CBS CEO Leslie Moonves.

More than 300 papers have heeded the call of The Boston Globe to run editorials on Thursday standing up for the press in the face of President Trump's ongoing anti-media rhetoric.

The Arizona Republican has not been in the U.S. Capitol this year, but he is still having an impact on the Senate.

Microorganisms play a vital role in growing food and sustaining the planet, but they do it anonymously. Scientists haven't identified most soil microbes, but they are learning which are most common.

Across debt-ridden Greece, people are turning to a simpler form of commerce, using both formal and informal systems of bartering as a means to make ends meet. In places such as the fishing village of Volos, swapping goods and services is also fostering a new sense of community.

Machines used to take over work that was physically hard or dangerous or just monotonous. But one expert says that now the things that are easiest to automate are not the lowest-skill activities. Instead, higher-skill, better-paying jobs are being lost.