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Tesla is building what it says is the world's largest battery factory. The scale is expected to drive down the cost of electric cars and batteries that homeowners can use to store surplus solar power.

Egypt has vowed stricter enforcement of a law requiring foreign men to pay if they marry much younger women. Activists say the country enshrines a practice that amounts to sex trafficking.

The Tragedy of Arthur, the new novel by Arthur Phillips, tells the story of a con man, his son and an undiscovered work by William Shakespeare. Phillips speaks to Scott Simon about fraud and family drama.

Earlier this year, three activists who are opposed to COVID vaccines and standard treatment protocols for the illness were elected to the board of Sarasota Memorial Hospital.

A glimpse into life under the drug cartels in the Mexican border city of Matamoros — the scene of the recent kidnap and murder of some American tourists.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois about the Paris climate change agreement, health care reform and the Democrats' strategy in Congress.

A glimpse inside the shattered city of Khartoum, Sudan's capital, destroyed by the two-year conflict and now in the process of trying to recover.

New congressional maps finalized late last year created short election timelines for many North Carolina House races. That may end up placing more value on candidates who can chip in their own cash.

By Associated PressStillwater, OK – OBN, Stillwater police make drug-related arrestsSTILLWATER, Okla. (AP) Stillwater police and Oklahoma Bureau of…

Linda Wertheimer talks with Murray Weiss, criminal justice editor for the New York Post newspaper about Abraham Abdallah, a bus buy who is suspected of stealing millions of dollars from such famous people as Steven Spielberg and Michael Bloomberg.