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On the museum's 20th anniversary, a Nobel laureate and a former president say coming generations must preserve the Holocaust's awful history. We all needed to be reminded, Clinton said, that "no matter how smart a people are, if you have a head without a heart, you are not human."

NPR and Radio Diaries are looking for personal, surprising stories from teens. Write it, photograph it (and record it if you want) and submit it to the storytelling site Cowbird. Two entries will be picked to produce audio stories with Radio Diaries and a selection will be featured on NPR.org.

The private space flight company SpaceX has unveiled the manned version of its Dragon space capsule at its California headquarters. Founder Elon Musk has promised to make space flight inexpensive.

The city of Charlotte says it will consider a funding package of nearly $30 million for renovations and upgrades to Time Warner Cable Arena. That's…

The Wisconsin governor best known for his high-profile fight with unions and for winning a recall election in 2012 becomes the latest GOP candidate to declare a presidential bid.

The writer was best known for his works of historical fiction set in the early 20th-century United States. His son told the New York Times that he died Tuesday of complications from lung cancer.

The reasons behind the bus shutdown aren't clear, but the results have been tragic: nine drivers assassinated and a city in turmoil.

On Tuesday, for the first time in Major League Baseball history, all 15 home teams won.

Parts of California's Central Valley are sinking faster than ever before. The subsidence is due to an increase in groundwater pumping, as drought-stricken farmers drill deeper to find water for crops.

You’ve seen the photos: clever kitchen shortcuts, cute “tablescapes,” adorable storage solutions.Maybe you peruse these sites in secret. Glance at them…

An independent audit of North Carolina’s largest state employee association has found its former executive director spent nearly $500,000 for personal…

Just how much of the world's cropland can we really call urban? That's been a big mystery until now.

Some residents said they felt nothing; some worried about the effects of fracking; others joked about it all.

Three state senators filed a bill Thursday to make it tougher for parents to avoid vaccinating their children. The bill would eliminate North Carolina's…

What do you get when hundreds of musicians gather in Brooklyn to perform a joyful new song? Bliss. See photos from the event and watch a sneak peek of our Field Recording video.

Today we're anticipating the month of June — and the start of summer fun — with the poetic stylings of one of history's most creative duos: Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II.

In Chile, a 14-year-old girl suffering from cystic fibrosis has posted an online video asking the country's president to allow her to die. The case prompted a raging discussion on assisted suicide.

An earthquake in Napa Valley this week brought back old fears for author Gustavo Arellano. In his anxiety he's revisiting the book A Crack in the Edge of the World.

Also: Sheila Heti on making art; Nick Cannon enters the (already heavily populated) world of celebrity children's books.

A federal judge is asking for more information from Patrick Cannon’s attorneys before deciding whether to delay sentencing in the case. The former…