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Obesity, with all its dire health consequences, is hitting some ethnic groups harder than others. Environment plays a big role. And it affects not just individual health, but the health costs of all.

Hackers were able to steal the prints of some 5.6 million people — up from the original estimate of 1.1 million. The new number comes as Chinese President Xi Jinping visits the U.S.

Nobody’s wastin’ away in Tulsa’s Margaritaville.The $365 million themed expansion at River Spirit Casino is about halfway done. Workers started pouring…

Researchers in the Middle East have requested the first-ever withdrawal from the "final backup" seed bank because of destruction caused by the Syrian civil war.

In Atlanta's East Lake community, an organization called Purpose Built Communities is trying to make gentrification work for the residents who endured the tough times.

Pope Francis canonized the United States' first saint, Junipero Serra, on Wednesday. The controversial Spanish missionary founded Catholic missions in California in the 18th century.

NPR's Kelly McEvers asks people waiting at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception: How has your thinking about the Church changed since Francis became Pope?"

European Union leaders meet in Brussels to consider sending more money to countries and agencies looking after Syrians in the Middle East, and a plan to deport migrants who don't qualify as refugees.

When a 23-year-old who has tried to kill himself visits family, he must mentally prepare to resist hurting himself with their guns, he says. Gun access can make suicidal impulses harder to fend off.

Personal rapid transit was supposed to be the future of public transport: lightweight pods on elevated tracks, on-demand destinations. But funding issues make cities reluctant to change course.