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Tuesday's vote is seen one of its most pivotal yet for Greenland's future, as the issue of independence has taken center stage in campaign debates for the first time.

A new study in the journal Sleep provides the strongest evidence yet that the unregulated dietary supplement melatonin helps people get a good night's sleep. Researchers found that it works as well as prescription sleep aids now on the market. Melatonin is available over the counter.

President Obama said whoever perpetrated the attack on Boston would feel the full weight of justice.

Firefighters in northern California now say about 1,000 people are missing from the Camp Fire. The number has gone up and down. Steve Inskeep talks to Cal Fire spokesman Cary Wright about the data.

Just a rash? Not if you have eczema. People with eczema often have a hard time finding appropriate health care and are apt to miss work dealing with the chronic skin problem, a study finds.

As a part of Earth Day celebrations, performance artist Alison Knowles took salad making to the extreme in New York City. Knowles chopped romaine lettuce, carrots and cucumbers to the beat of live music. She then tossed the avalanche of salad off a balcony into a giant tarp, where the salad was served up to audience members.

International efforts are underway to broker a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, even as Israel seems to take steps toward a ground invasion. NPR's Arun Rath speaks with Ari Shapiro in Jerusalem.

Independent producers Barrett Golding and Jonathan Menjivar profile seven Chicago-area college students, and what politics means to them in this election year. This report is part of the WBEZ series Chicago Matters: Our Next Generation.

In cohousing communities, neighbors share common spaces, chores and a sense of connection that benefits everyone. For some, it's an answer to the isolation of parenting that many families feel today.

Only days after Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan signed a law further criminalizing homosexuality, police have reportedly started rounding up gay men in Africa's most populous country. Host Michel Martin learns more from the BBC's Tomi Oladipo in Lagos.