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The hagfish may not be as primitive as once thought, thanks to a new fossil discovery. NPR's Scott Simon asks The Atlantic science writer Ed Yong about his recent piece on hagfish and their slime.

A Texas girl needs autism treatment, but her immigrant mother is afraid of turning to Medicaid. As more U.S. children go without health coverage, border watchers partly blame politics of intimidation.

In West Virginia, mining jobs have been declining for years, and there have been few other options to make a living. The Appalachian Beekeeping Collective is hoping to help turn that around.

The world of children's books gave out its most prestigious prizes Monday at the American Library Association's conference in Seattle. Works by Meg Medina and Sophie Blackall won the headline honors.

The album's lead single "Younger" reads like a mini-epic, and ends on an unexpected, but wholly awesome saxophone outro — the sort of instrumental backing you'd want to commence a hero's journey.

Julen Roselló disappeared on Jan. 13 near the village of Totalán in Málaga province. "All of Spain shares in the infinite sadness of Julen's family," Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said.

An area in the city's Tenderloin neighborhood known for a historic LGBT uprising is now officially a Transgender Cultural District.

PG&E, the state's largest utility, has filed for bankruptcy protection due to its potential liabilities. The company says it expects no disruption to services during its Chapter 11 process.

Twenty-two accidents, including 15 plane crashes, weren't investigated during the partial government shutdown. Instead of visiting the site of the crash, examiners might just examine stored wreckage.

As hospital chains and insurers across the U.S squeeze one another, hoping to increase their market share, many patients are suddenly finding their preferred doctors and hospitals are out of network.