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After an Alzheimer's diagnosis, novelist Amy Bloom's husband asked for help to die with dignity. Sipress endured 25 years of rejection before finally landing a gig with The New Yorker in 1998.

In China, face-recognition technology is being used for lots of things, from surveillance to ride-hailing and shopping. NPR's Shanghai correspondent Rob Schmitz tried it out and met with manufacturers.

The 35 buildings surveyed along an almost 12-mile stretch from Miami Beach to Sunny Isles Beach have sunk or settled by 0.8 to 3.1 inches, scientists found.

A new poll finds that in 17 battleground states, President Bush is gaining support among rural voters, who are credited with giving him a winning margin in 2000. Bush leads Democratic rival Sen. John Kerry 55 percent to 42 percent, according to the poll. NPR's Howard Berkes reports.

If a ballot measure is approved, Ohio could become the fifth state to legalize recreational marijuana. But a dueling initiative could lead to a court fight.

"Omicron is spreading at a rate we have not seen with any previous variant," says WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

Twenty years ago, three former PayPal employees activated the domain name "YouTube.com." The first YouTube video followed soon after.

Two things help explain Billy Paul's unique vocal style: his early dreams of playing saxophone, and his emulation of female jazz singers such as Billie Holiday.

A plane crashed in Kazakhstan shortly after takeoff Friday, killing at least 12 people.

A new report backed by the State Department found a 10 percent jump in students coming to the U.S. for higher education.