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It might not come as a surprise that reading is good for you. But reading fiction may have additional benefits for our social skills and ability to empathize with others.

This week, state authorities confirmed that a fourth person has died from the disease, and there have been four breakthrough cases reported in fully vaccinated people.

The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., was abruptly closed on Tuesday amid an ongoing legal fight involving President Trump's efforts to have his name on the building and exert control over the institution.

Dillard's work was characterized by spare prose and a deep connection to nature. She is best known for Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, An American Childhood, The Maytrees and The Writing Life.

The new novel centers on the Festival of Britain, a quirky real-life carnival designed to elevate the British people's spirits after the devastation of World War II.

Neuroscientists have made a major advance in modeling the human brain in mice, offering a new way to study conditions like cerebral palsy. Ethicists ask if it changes how these mice should be treated.

Inflation, gasoline prices and the cost of living are top of mind in the election season. How are higher costs shaping the way you live? NPR wants to hear.

Russia is believed to be holding thousands of Ukrainian POWs. Russia is also tormenting the families of these prisoners by contacting their relatives on social media and demanding they help Russia.

Gaps in Michigan’s air quality monitoring network, particularly in rural areas of northern Michigan, mean many don’t have accurate information about air quality. In the Lower Peninsula, the northernmost monitoring station is in Frankfort.

The northernmost monitoring station in the Lower Peninsula is in Frankfort. Experts say some residents can’t really know what the air quality is in their area. And there are big gaps in northern Michigan.