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Afraid of saying the wrong thing to someone with a serious illness? Now there are "empathy cards" that make fun of those well-meaning but tasteless remarks.

Companies are assembling and churning out tailored stretches of DNA faster and more cheaply than ever before. The tool speeds research into diseases of plants and people. But what about eugenics?

The mostly instrumental supergroup's second album, Soul Food, is a rousing, thoroughly modern take on gospel.

Most analysts are predicting a lead for the Conservatives in Thursday's U.K. general election. But the closeness of the election might leave Britain facing a period of coalition building.

NPR's Robert Siegel talks to Tom Brady's agent, Don Yee, about the NFL report released Wednesday on "deflategate," which he says was biased against Brady and the New England Patriots.

Steve Inskeep talks to André Borschberg, one of 2 Solar Impulse pilots. The plane will attempt a 5-day trans-Pacific flight from Nanjing, China, to Hawaii, as part of a round-the-world journey.

The company hopes to attract millennials, saying the yet-to-be-named stores will "feature a modern streamlined design, innovative technology and a curated selection."

Following a disappointing report for March, job creation in April returned to the more robust pace of 2014. The unemployment rate also dipped to 5.4 percent. Results roughly aligned with expectations.

(Akron, OH) Western Michigan University has advanced to the third day of the Mid-American Conference softball tournament with a 10-2 win over Ohio. The…

Shaquille O'Neal was on the TNT network when he got up from his chair, tripped and fell. One meme Shaq re-tweeted shows him on his back with boxer Floyd Mayweather raising his right arm up in victory.