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Machine counting of votes will begin this week after narrow margins were reported in the races for governor and U.S. Senate.

After years of debate, a major government funded study failed to find any overall benefit of taking widely used supplements to protect against heart disease or cancer.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with New Yorker staff writer Susan Glasser, Washington Post columnist Margaret Sullivan and Poynter Institute senior vice president Kelly McBride.

Three Massachusetts communities are recovering from a series of natural gas explosions that rocked the region on Thursday. At least one person was killed. Residents have a lot of questions.

Actress Marin Mazzie has died of ovarian cancer at age 57. Mazzie had a three-decade career, with her breakout role playing Clara in Stephen Sondheim's Passion in 1994. She was in Ragtime, Kiss Me Kate and The King and I, among other plays.

Hurricane Florence made landfall on the North Carolina coast early Friday morning. NPR hears from residents who witnessed the storm's damage.

A federal judge in New York has set Nov. 5 as the start date of the first potential trial of the six lawsuits over the 2020 census citizenship question that dozens of states and cities want removed.

A new approach to helping Alzheimer's and dementia patients starts with training caregivers, teaching them to respond to their loved ones' needs with insight and creativity.

When you think of Nashville, you probably think of country music. But with her fusion of jazz, R&B and a little Americana twang, Kandace Springs is aiming to change that perception.

A man in his mid-20s was bitten 300 feet off the shoreline of Wellfleet, Mass., on Saturday. He was transported to a nearby hospital, where he died from his injuries.