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Many children identify with fictional characters. Some watch the same morning cartoons while they wait for the school bus. Other kids might carry a…

Parents are used to seeing medication doses in tablespoons or teaspoons, but a study shows that using these units increases the risk that they will give their children the wrong dose of medicine.

Reports this week about former Defense Secretary Robert Gates' new book have implied that he thinks President Obama approved a 2009 troop surge in Afghanistan believing the strategy would fail. But Gates tells NPR that's not right. He believes Obama became skeptical about the "troop surge" later on.

The type of storm that's blowing up the East Coast of the U.S. on Tuesday has an explosive-sounding name. Add bombogenesis to the growing list of weather terms we're learning about this winter — a list that also includes polar vortex.

The new president of Florida State College at Jacksonville has taken the helm after months of turmoil, negative press, and a state investigation into the…

Audie Cornish talks to Scott Horsley about the IRS Inspector General's report on the agency's audit of conservative groups.

Two sources familiar with the search for a new director of the agency tell NPR that James B. Comey is in line to succeed outgoing chief Robert Mueller. Comey was the No. 2 official at the Justice Department in the George W. Bush administration.

The former CIA director, who previously led U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, will join the private equity firm KKR. Petraeus is expected to help the firm identify and evaluate promising deals both in the U.S. and in emerging markets.

Nearly two years ago, a freak earthquake rocked the Washington, D.C., area and damaged more than 500 stone slabs on the Washington Monument. Now, the monument is covered in scaffolding, and crews are getting to work on one, huge caulking job.

The Affordable Care Act's early travails are yielding some lessons for future presidents and lawmakers. Here are three.