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A new book digs into the social science of athletic greatness and reveals patterns leading to glory.

Casinos is Las Vegas are reopening Thursday, after being shuttered for more than two months. Workers there are eager to start getting paid again, but they're also worried about their health.

The president opened a climate summit by announcing that the United States will aim to cut its greenhouse gas emissions in half, based on 2005 levels, by the end of the decade.

NPR's Noel King talks to California Secretary of State Alex Padilla about what the state has done since officials received reports about possible unauthorized ballot boxes in several counties.

Germany's top court rejected some of the activists' arguments but agreed that the country's climate act violates their fundamental rights by not specifying emissions reduction targets after 2030.

The nation's top addiction scientist has teamed up with a prominent artist to let people know that substance use disorder is a disease, not a moral failure.

An Egyptian security official told the Cairo courtroom that neither former President Hosni Mubarak nor his interior minister had issued a shoot-to-kill order in connection with the deaths of more than 850 protesters earlier this year.

With mail volumes falling and the nation's top postmaster projecting that the U.S. Postal Service could lose up to $10 billion this year, it's clear that the USPS is in dire need of an extreme makeover. Here are five ways to fix the system.

The huge House GOP freshman class that swept into office in 2010 faces its first re-election challenge next year, one that at least some of them may not be able to meet. New fundraising figures show that many freshmen have relatively low campaign bank balances heading into the election year.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with Bridesmaids director Paul Feig about his must-see movie picks. The comedy selections on Feig's list are surprisingly sparse — in fact, his choices run the gamut from the serious to the downright bizarre.