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An extremist group that goes by the name "Nordfront" has been ordered to stop using the name following a complaint from Nordfrost, a German freezer manufacturer.

Two Iranian brothers didn't let a war keep them from medical school. Now they're using mobile phones to build the next generation of doctors in Syria.

Two readings, 165 years apart, addressed to a nation at a precarious political moment. Why Frederick Douglass' famous 1852 anti-slavery speech is still read — and still resonates — in 2017.

The funeral for the widely admired politician and women's rights advocate was held in Paris on Wednesday. A Holocaust survivor, Veil fought to legalize abortion and supported a unified Europe.

A 19-year-old U.S. soldier, Pfc. Hansen B. Kirkpatrick, has been killed in an attack in Helmand province while taking part in counterterror operations. Two other service members were injured.

The 2004 movie about an obsessive wine snob helped boost California's pinot noir production by 170 percent. And merlot? The wine so famously maligned in the film has finally bounced back.

Studies highlighted in Scientific American indicate a propensity for less-well-performing employees to take aim at the efforts of their star coworkers.

NPR's Kelly McEvers talks with psychologist Mitch Prinstein about his new book, Popular, and how our teenage selves often stick with us long into adulthood.

The earthquake was the strongest to hit western Montana in years; it was followed by at least 10 measurable temblors with magnitudes of up to 4.9.

At a veterans event Wednesday night, about 150 protesters showed up to oppose the Senate's efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.