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Across the country, President Trump continues to have the support of those who voted for him, and those who opposed him have found additional reasons to do so in the past 100 days.

Benjamin Franklin first called for the government to tinker with clock hours in the 1780s. But it wasn't until World War I that the U.S. adopted daylight-saving time as a way to squeeze more out of the day. David Prerau explores the curious history of DST.

We get the latest on the coronavirus that has infected more than 1,300 people worldwide, and killed at leasr 54 people.

Doctors often tell patients to stop smoking before surgery, but precious few help out with that. A hospital in Canada found that just offering a few simple kinds of help was enough to get more people to quit before going under the knife.

How do you convince a generation of people who once slaughtered each other to reconcile? In Rwanda, a team of psychologists, writers and policymakers came up with an unusual idea: a radio soap opera.

In a rare political post-presidency statement, former President Barack Obama called for tighter gun laws after the mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton. "We are not helpless here," he said.

Air quality around the world suffered in 2022 because of climate-induced extreme heat, according to a new report from the World Meteorological Association.

Ramadan, Passover, Easter - NPR's Scott Simon remarks on an unusual weekend when three of the world's major religions are celebrating their faiths.

What's happening in Washington can seem like a joke these days, and Esther's Follies, the campy political sketch comedy troop from Austin, Texas, is raking in the material.

Some people feel awkward about eating alone in restaurants but a new eatery in Amsterdam has only small tables with single chairs. It requires customers come solo. The restaurant is part culinary endeavor, part social experiment. As its creator says, she wanted to give people "food for thought."