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Kerry Egan's job is to help dying people accept their own mortality. It's profoundly sad, but it's also rewarding. "I'm constantly reminded of ... how much love people have for each other," she says.

In Wayne County, tens of thousands of properties go into tax foreclosure every year.Most are in Detroit. But it happens in the suburbs too.Some suburban…

The NPR Music team shares a few of its favorite work-related tracks in honor of Labor Day.

Longstanding nonproliferation deals between the two countries are fraying. Bickering over nuclear issues has increased markedly in recent months, with each side accusing the other of cheating.

In Crooked, novelist Austin Grossman excuses Richard Nixon's rocky political career in the weirdest ways possible — by reimagining the former president as a warrior against supernatural forces.

More than 30,000 Wayne County residents are facing tax foreclosure as a deadline extension comes to an end Tuesday.The county extended the original March…

The ongoing study of wolves and moose on Isle Royale in Lake Superior has hit a critical juncture. Researchers in charge of the longest continuous study…

Neighborhoods matter . A big part of the reason why is that good neighborhoods usually have better schools. But across the country, the number of kids...

Born in South Korea, raised in Oklahoma, Danny Bowien was an adult when he taught himself to make Chinese food. That DIY vibe to his cooking has made him a rising star. Now he's written a cookbook.

A space rock zipped by Earth on Sunday night. Astronomers knew it didn't pose a threat, in part thanks to a new automated warning program called Scout.