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For many years people have puzzled over why countries that get richer don't seem to get happier. Now, researchers have an answer.

Steve Inskeep talks to Stefano Bottoni, a historian at the Hungarian Academy of Science, about Hungary's past experiences of migration, and how that influences its present attitudes toward migrants.

After the Macquarie Group announced in July that it would be establishing its Southeastern U.S. office in Jacksonville, the big unanswered question was…

The trial of the man accused of murdering 8-year-old Cherish Perrywinkle has been set for early April.Donald Smith is accused of kidnapping Perrywinkle…

After nearly a week of marching for better pay and more say in how students are evaluated, Seattle teachers reached a tentative contract agreement with the school district Tuesday.

Recently released federal data show a widening salary gap between private-college graduates and their public-school counterparts.But in Jacksonville, both…

Lots of schools promise to train students to be nurses, technicians or for other in-demand medical careers. But a new federal database shows that isn’t...

Gov. Rick Scott will not use executive authority to block the state's first bear-hunting season in more than two decades, despite pleas from animal-rights…

Hispanics are less likely to get cancer than non-Hispanic whites, but they're more susceptible to gallbladder, liver and stomach cancer. And country of origin affects cancer risk, too.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks to Daniel Nazer of the Electronic Frontier Foundation about the impact of this ruling. An appeals court ruled the music used in the video was an instance of fair use.