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Some 7,000 patients of a Tulsa-area dentist are being urged to get screened for hepatitis and HIV. Health investigators say they found rusty instruments in use and evidence of unsanitary practices.

A case brought by El Paso County, Texas, is similar to another won by the Sierra Club in California. The U.S. Supreme Court said wall construction can continue while the Trump administration appeals.

New statewide data shows there are 163,175 English Learners enrolled at North Carolina schools. That’s about 15,000 fewer than last year.

Barbie once could only stand on her tip toes, in tiny high heels. Her job? To look pretty. A new study finds there's a correlation between flatter-footed Barbies and more job choices.

Ash Williams has been on the front line for reproductive health in his state. Now, another challenge arises.

Megan Abbott's Beware the Woman centers on a pregnant newlywed who finds herself isolated in her husband's family cottage. Katie Williams' My Murder is told from the perspective of a murdered woman.

Short track coach Jae Su Chun says he's innocent. But 19 active and former short track skaters are on record with their accusations. Two of them went to police as well.

CIAA officials are saying more about the conference’s decision to ask other cities to bid on hosting its annual basketball tournament. Conference board…

Washington Post's William Wan talks to NPR's Lakshmi Singh about accusations that Nicole Meyer, sister to senior White House adviser Jared Kushner, used her family ties to peddle business in Beijing.

Jason Fagone's biography of pioneering code-breaker Elizebeth Friedman — who, with her husband William, helped catch both smugglers and Nazis — is the story of a fascinating woman in perilous times.

All four of the women and men who made it to the Australian Open singles finals are in their 30s. Courtney Nguyen writes for the Women's Tennis Association, explains why older athletes are dominating.

Tyson Gay, the American track star whose comeback was derailed by failed drug tests in 2013, is believed to have used a cream containing banned substances he obtained from an Atlanta anti-aging specialist, according to ProPublica and Sports Illustrated.

Economic news coming out of China often rattles or rallies global markets. But how reliable is that news? It turns out basic measures like Gross National Product may be far from accurate.

For a world hell-bent on erasing the memory of the last three years, Paramore approaches hard times with a refreshing sense of self.

NPR's A Martinez talks to William Balash of Shipping Solutions Consultants by Quanda, a New York-based logistics company, about the impact of China's latest COVID-19 surge on U.S. businesses.

The four had traveled together from the Carolinas so one of them could get a tummy tuck surgery in Matamoros, where Friday’s kidnapping took place, officials said. One of the survivors was identified as a North Carolina man.

Regina Mason's great-great-great-grandfather, a man named William Grimes, was a runaway slave and the author of what is now considered to be the first fugitive slave narrative.

For centuries, stories of northern slavery were not easy to find. Understanding slavery in this project involves learning the stories of those enslaved — and bearing witness.

Some 125 acres of forest land in California's Redwood National and State Parks will return to the Yurok tribe in a first-of-its-kind arrangement.

NPR remembers William "Bill" Post today. He was the co-creator of the Kellogg's Pop-Tarts, and died on Saturday, February 10th at 96 years old.