NPR speaks with Michael McCormick, former vice president of the FAA Air Traffic Organization, about reports that the airspace above Reagan airport has long raised safety concerns.

High sugar cereal brands target TV ads directly to kids under age 12. And this targeted advertising leads to greater household purchases of unhealthy kid cereals, a new study finds.

A German far-right party celebrates as it helps the country's likely next chancellor get a migration bill passed in parliament.

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At Sunday night's Grammys, will Beyoncé finally win album of the year? Will Taylor Swift take that prize for the fifth time?

Video footage of the incident shows the aircraft flying at a low altitude, before an explosion happened at the moment of ...

NPR's reporting will continue to focus on what happened and learning what we can about the victims and telling their stories.

If your social calendar is burning a hole in your wallet, there are steps you can take to spend less while maintaining good ...

The weather-predicting groundhog celebrity has met two presidents and drinks a life-extending elixir: "Our Phil is like, probably 139 years old," Groundhog Club Inner Circle President Tom Dunkel says.

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NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman about his latest book, "Superagency: What Could Possibly Go Right With Our AI Future?" ...

Target is scaling back its DEI efforts, which has prompted calls for a boycott. But Black business owners who sell at Target warn a boycott could hurt their business.