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The Dietary Guidelines released this year recommend higher levels of this essential nutrient. But protein needs are personal. Here's how to assess yours.

Joy can be cultivated. Hostility often masks depression. As one year ends and another begins, these six insights and tips from psychologists offer hope for a good new year.

The circus was founded to lift kids out of poverty and change racial attitudes. It's become a world-famous institution — performing for Barack Obama, for example — while holding true to its dream.

One year after the #MeToo movement took off, new NPR-Ipsos polls show the nation deeply divided on the issue of sexual assault and harassment. The fissures run more along party lines than gender.

The American Academy of Pediatrics says children are better off in school but that the decision to reopen cannot ignore spiking infection rates.

Caleb Anderson is a sophomore at Chattahoochee Technical College in Marietta, Ga. He's taking calculus and macroeconomics and wants to be an aerospace engineer to help "people reach the stars."

Over the holiday weekend, President Trump warned of an attempt to erase American history and values. But other factors are likely to play bigger roles in his reelection effort.

NPR has confirmed that at least two U.S. E-3 Sentry aircraft were damaged and more than a dozen U.S. service members were injured in an Iranian missile and drone attack in Saudi Arabia on Friday.

Sometimes, you want to leave the world behind and escape into a book — but if you're in the mood for a good disaster story, we've got a selection of summer reads that are just the right kind of grim.

The "God Squad" voted unanimously to remove protections for Gulf animals, for "security." It's not the first time federal agencies cited the "energy emergency" to avoid rules meant to protect animals.

Human remains found in a church in the Netherlands could be those of d'Artagnan, one of the legendary French swordsmen who inspired the novel The Three Musketeers.

Three-quarters are concerned that a second wave of the coronavirus will emerge as states reopen, a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds. But Americans' outlooks vary by political party.