Luke Durant, a researcher and amateur mathematician, has identified the largest new prime number known to humankind. The newly discovered prime number is 2 to the power of 136,279,841, then minus one.

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with political consultant Mike Madrid on the causes that motivated the Latino voting bloc in this year's election.

DIslodged by COVID early in the pandemic, tuberculosis is once again the infectious disease that takes the most lives each ...

Control of the House is still too close to call, according to the Associated Press. Here's a running list of races that are ...

With McCormick's victory, Republicans have expanded their Senate majority in the next Congress to 53 seats, with two races ...

Voters in a handful of states, including pro-business red states, approved ballot measures aimed at helping workers and their families.

America grows so many apples that the government ends up buying large amounts because there's not enough demand from consumers and processors. The imbalance is driving some producers out of business.

Observances are beginning this weekend in advance of Veterans Day on Monday. News. Facebook; Twitter; LinkedIn; Email; Print; ...

Over the months of campaign speeches, Donald Trump has made a lot of promises, especially about what he’ll do on “Day One." So what might it look like?

The Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter percentage point. How much further rates fall could depend on how ...

When people can't sleep, they tend to take extreme measures to correct the issue. But that only makes sleep problems worse, ...

In Savings and Trust, historian Justene Hill Edwards tells the story of the Freedman's Bank. Created for formerly enslaved people following the Civil War, its collapse cost depositors millions.