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The U.S. military said it carried out another strike on a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the Pacific Ocean, killing three in the fourth attack this week and putting the total death toll at 205.

For the Japanese, Christmastime means sponge cake. But a nationwide butter shortage has led to mandatory butter rationing, forcing cake bakers to seek out substitutes.

Gambon was best known for playing Albus Dumbledore in most of the Harry Potter movies. The Irish-born actor got his start on stage and worked under Laurence Olivier.

The university's 14th president announced his plans in an email to the university community Monday.

The Midwest might sweat because of its corn, but Florida is a whole different beast. Why the nation's second-largest sweet corn producer doesn't actually have "corn sweat"—and the giant living sponge that makes our summers so sticky instead.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Jon Wertheim of Sports Illustrated about the opening days of Wimbledon and Serena Williams' return.

Voters in at least seven states are deciding ballot measures related to voter ID — the largest number of voter ID measures in a single year. The tally includes three prominent swing states.

Joe Moore, a former Army sniper turned FBI informant, shares how he infiltrated the KKK and helped foil a plot to assassinate then Sen. Barack Obama. Moore explains how hate groups are growing.

MULBERRY, Fla. – With much less notice than the Florida abortion, guns and education culture wars, a battle between environmentalists and a Fortune 500…

Kitten season, when unaltered female cats begin giving birth to litters of kittens, is here. Programs like Operation Catnip, the largest university-based trap-neuter-return program in the world, is especially vital during the spring and summer months when a huge influx of kittens are born and brought into shelters.