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A calico cat named Patches, who was presumed killed in a 2018 mudslide in Santa Barbara County, Calif., has turned up nearly three years later. The garage where Patches slept was destroyed.

There are times when obscene words are heard, but they are rare. Editors balance respect for listeners against the news value of the language.

Urban planning experts say Houston's flat landscape, outdated drainage system and unchecked development have left the city vulnerable to catastrophic flooding.

This week's Billboard Hot 100 chart is full of country-music crossovers. Stephen Thompson of NPR Music reports.

Though tobacco ads have been banned from TV for about 50 years, the marketing of electronic cigarettes isn't constrained by the law. Public health advocates consider that a loophole that hurts kids.

In the eighteenth century, Anne Tottenham was living in the mansion when legend has it she saw the devil. She was so shocked that people say she died, and her ghost has roamed the halls ever since.

Hear a new song from Electric Würms, the side project for Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne and multi-instrumentalist Steve Drozd.

A judge gave his blessing to AT&T's drive to take over the Time Warner media conglomerate. He rejected the Justice Department's arguments that the combined company would be too powerful.

Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson said there was no evidence to support the idea that Peter Liang, who is Asian-American, "intended to kill or injure" Akai Gurley, an unarmed black man.

Most people with depression aren't getting treatment, a study finds, while people who aren't depressed are prescribed antidepressants they don't need. Ethnicity and income have a lot to do with that.