Sarah McCammon is a National Correspondent covering the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast for NPR. Her work focuses on political, social and cultural divides in America, including abortion and reproductive ...

Amid concerns about the complexity and stress of college admissions, some schools are flipping the script by offering to admit students who haven't even applied. It's called direct admissions.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said some credit card companies may be devaluing points and airline miles illegally. NPR's Sarah McCammon talks to Nick Ewen of The Points Guy.

If you want to spend less time on your phone in the new year, we have tips from Stanford psychiatrist Brad Zicherman.

The impeachments of the country's president and then acting-president worsen the nation's political turmoil, deepen its ...

Finnish authorities detained a ship linked to neighboring Russia that Finnish customs officials and the European Union's ...

Parsons, one of corporate America's most prominent Black executives who held top posts at Time Warner and Citigroup, was ...

As Azerbaijan observed a day of mourning for victims of the plane crash that killed 38 people, experts pointed to a possible ...

A round of Israeli airstrikes targeted the Houthi rebel-held capital and multiple ports. The head of the World Health ...

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Regina Barber and Jessica Yung of Short Wave about carnivorous squirrels, the history of life on Earth, and new insights into the relationship between people and dogs.

A rescue dog on the run in New Orleans has become a celebrity of sorts as he's escaped adoptive homes twice and people are reporting sightings of the dog on social media.

Actor Jim O'Heir shares stories from seven years on NBC's Parks & Recreation with NPR's Juana Summers.