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Ahmed al-Faqi al-Mahdi was on trial in The Hague for his role in the deliberate destruction of nine mausoleums and a mosque in Timbuktu. The radical Islamist was sentenced to nine years in prison.

The English conductor, keyboard player and musicologist died Wednesday at age 73. He used modern scholarship and keen musicianship to bring new life to works by Handel and Bach, Mozart and Haydn.

NPR correspondents answer your Zika virus queries: Who's at risk? What are the implications for pregnant women? Will there be a vaccine?

The Affordable Care Act has made available more assistance to new mothers so they can raise healthier kids. But critics say the standards for those programs are too lenient.

Were he around today, one wonders if Ronald Reagan would have the chance to grow into the figure he became.

Georgia is well known for its agricultural products, such as peaches, peanuts and chickens. Now, in the tiny town of Camilla, one farm is turning out an unusual item that's in big demand in Europe's high-fashion industry: alligators.

The wait has been long and the predictions many, but according to Christian broadcaster Harold Camping, the enlightened will finally be called home on Oct 21. Author Rhoda Janzen offers three redeeming suggestions to help you prepare for the upcoming apocalypse.

The IPO market is starting to heat up. Shares of the microchip designer Arm started trading Thursday on the Nasdaq, and some household names, including Instacart, are waiting in the wings.

A new study from Oxford University finds that a common European songbird sometimes divorces its partner between breeding seasons.

A new study from Oxford University finds that a common European songbird sometimes divorces its partner between breeding seasons.