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When Wayner Jimbo was a child, his family moved back to Ecuador after his father was deported. Jimbo stayed behind in New York City, and he often wrestled with whether he made the right choice.

The jobs report released Friday morning came in a little weaker than expected, but there was one very big positive. Wages are growing at a respectable clip again, and that's the first time that's happened on an annual basis since the recession.

Daniel Ortega is poised to extend his lengthy rule and has elevated his wife to his vice presidential running mate. Critics say he has eliminated all serious opposition.

The new book The Distracted Mind: Ancient Brains In A High-Tech World makes the case for managing the tsunami of digital distractions to aid how we learn, absorb information and live.

It's an aggressive game that requires full body contact like hip and shoulder checks. It's empowering. And that's exactly why these young Egyptian women love it.

The Oklahoma Corporation Commission has approved a $1.01 million settlement with a natural gas utility in connection to a January house…

After Collins' husband left her, her throat locked. Now, the 81-year-old British folk singer is back with her first album in 38 years.

Revelers drink, dance and listen to music in the Syrian capital's Old City bars. "No one talks about the war anymore," a bartender says. "We got used to it."

Writer and critic Thomas Mallon, who happens to be Republican, imagined the 2016 presidential campaign as a novel in a recent New Yorker article. He talks to NPR's Scott Simon.

Chicago and Cleveland are both cities with real problems. But while their baseball teams played out the World Series, Indians fans and Cubs fans connected and commiserated with each other.