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San Franciscans are pitching in to make one little boy's wish come true: to be Batkid for a day. They are going to turn San Francisco into Gotham City on Nov. 15.

Researchers from Oregon State University find that when healthy adults work one year past the typical retirement age of 65, they increase their odds of living longer.

Croatia has closed highways leading in from Serbia. And neighboring Hungary has started building a fence on its border with Croatia, in addition to two others along its borders.

Nigel is a vanishing name in the United Kingdom, so pub owner Nigel Smith held a Nigel Night on Sunday. A total of 433 people named "Nigel" gathered in Worchester, England to "celebrate Nigelness".

The Berlin Wall was a concrete manifestation of the barrier between democracy and oppression. NPR's Scott Simon marks the 30th anniversary of the day it began to come down.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said most people who have had lung injuries after vaping had consumed THC-containing products.

Michael Bloomberg is one of the world's richest men, with a net worth of about $56 billion. He said his campaign cut ties with the vendor as soon as it learned prison workers were making calls.

Florida wildlife officials moved quickly Wednesday to try to close a “loophole” that allowed a citizen of Saudi Arabia to legally buy a handgun and...

NPR's Scott Simon asks University of São Paulo researcher Hamilton Carvalho about an explosion in the scorpion population in Brazilian urban centers.

South Florida researchers believe they're one step closer to developing a more effective vaccine against HIV, after overcoming a virus that infects...