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The World Health Organization has confirmed that the new coronavirus can be transmitted between humans, raising concerns about the potential spread of the SARS-like disease.

The coronavirus outbreak is creating turmoil for businesses — and not just those in China. In some Chinatowns in the U.S., many business owners say the normal flow of customers has evaporated.

More than half the American troops diagnosed with concussions were transferred from the Iraqi base that was attacked to Germany or the U.S.

In the early 2000s, the Hummer was a symbol of gas-guzzling militaristic excess. Now it's getting revived as an electric pickup. It's one sign of how much things have changed in the auto industry.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Luis Valentin Ortiz of the Center for Investigative Journalism in San Juan about a new arrangement with bondholders that could help lift Puerto Rico out of bankruptcy.

The numbers of protesters barricaded in has dwindled to about 100, and their food is rapidly depleting after police surrounded the campus on Sunday. Police have arrested about 1,100 in the past day.

The White House is apparently backpedaling on its plan to ban most flavors in vaping products. The proposed FDA rule is unpopular with vape shop owners, and that's creating political blowback.

Zozibini Tunzi of South Africa speaks out on "natural" beauty, gender equality and climate change.

The Nashville Police Department still doesn't have body cameras for its police officers — despite three different mayors saying it should. Now members of the public are asking why that's the case.

The agreement signed Tuesday in Mexico City revises the old pact with stronger labor and environmental provisions, especially when it comes to Mexican worker rights.