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The books had to be light and small enough to fit in servicemen's pockets. The motto of the Council on Books in Wartime was: "Books Are Weapons in the War of Ideas."

A gothic horror tale, a creepy science-fiction romp, a sweeping romance, an intergenerational saga, a book about birds — here are the fiction and nonfiction our critics are most looking forward to.

MIT researchers think they've worked out exactly how Russia's Burevestnik nuclear-powered missile flies. "It's almost certainly a terrible idea," one analyst said. "But it's not an impossible idea."

Three Democrats and five Republicans filed this past week to appear on the August primary ballot. The eventual winner in November will replace retiring U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow.

The first historically recorded pandemic is believed to have struck the walled city of Jirash, in what is now modern-day Jordan, in the 7th century. A new study reveals details about those who died.

A new art exhibit in Phoenix features some of the world's prickliest plants. It could also help save them.

For decades, rising home prices have been an engine for middle-class wealth. Now a growing movement wants to slow — or even reverse — that trend. Are the politics around new housing development inherently stacked against them?

NPR has confirmed that at least two U.S. E-3 Sentry aircraft were damaged and more than a dozen U.S. service members were injured in an Iranian missile and drone attack in Saudi Arabia on Friday.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth lashed out at NATO allies on Thursday, announcing a review of American forces in Europe, and calling for a reboot of the organization to turn it into a "NATO 3.0."

Healthcare workers in eastern Congo said Wednesday they are underprotected and undertrained in a rapidly spreading Ebola outbreak of a rare type of the virus in one of the world's most vulnerable places.