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Hoping to attract new investors, Kevin Dumont climbed a waterslide and chained himself to the top on Nov 9. By Nov. 25, he didn't have new investors but he did attract pneumonia.

The move against President Dilma Rousseff injects a new element of instability into the political landscape in Brazil, which is being roiled by corruption scandals and a sharp economic downturn.

The $305 billion highway bill funds transportation infrastructure projects. But it also offers wins and losses for unrelated businesses. The Export-Import Bank gets saved, but big banks lose out.

Don't call it a comeback: Blocks have been here for more than 100 years. Studies have shown they can help build language and cognition skills — and even help teach math.

Police said they discovered a stockpile of ammunition and explosives inside a house connected to the suspects, husband and wife Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik, who were killed in a shootout Wednesday.

Steve Inskeep talks to NPR reporters and others for a roundup of the latest news on Wednesday's shooting in San Bernardino, Calif., that left 14 people dead.

President Obama spoke Thursday, calling for thoughts and prayers for the victims of Wednesday's shooting in San Bernardino, and saying "we all have a part to play" in preventing such violence.

In a unanimous vote, the Spokane City Council voted Monday to approve giving Mayor David Condon a letter that questions his handling of the alleged…

It's official: A majority of U.S. homes only have mobile phones. But who knew wireless-only households were into risky behavior? A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researcher explains.

People still think that abuse of opioid painkillers is something that criminals do, a study of news media coverage finds. Options like expanded access to treatment are rarely mentioned.