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The Obama administration on Wednesday announced a six-year extension of a program to combat malaria around the globe.

The Florida Legislature begins its 2015 lawmaking session Tuesday in Tallahassee. Above all, lawmakers are responsible for passing a budget that…

Alan Cheuse reviews a new experimental novel by Tom McCarthy called Satin Island.

A New Orleans attorney has turned an antebellum plantation into a new museum. You won't find hoop skirts and mint juleps but stark relics at a site devoted entirely to a realistic look at slavery.

In a 3-2 vote on Feb. 26, the FCC approved new rules, regulating broadband internet as a public utility. NPR's Arun Rath speaks with Mat Honan, San Francisco bureau chief for BuzzFeed News, about the political implications of the vote.

People who walked briskly for 40 minutes five days a week saw more health improvements than those who walked for an hour a day but were more leisurely about it. Both groups lost weight.

What is the St. Johns River worth?That's the question at the heart of a new study led by researchers at the University of North Florida.Economists and…

People say many things affect health, from personal behavior and childhood abuse to God's will, according to a new poll. The people behind the numbers explain what it means for people and communities.

In Ohio, abortion restrictions have helped shut down half the state's clinics that perform the procedure, forcing many women to travel farther away, even to neighboring states.

Tikrit, home town to Saddam Hussein, had been captured last year by the group that calls itself the Islamic State, or ISIS. The new military offensive is relying heavily on support from Iran.