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Are sleep trackers on your phone helping you get a full night's rest? NPR's Life Kit investigates.

Since the first sound film came out, Hollywood musicals have provided some of the most iconic movie moments. Three NPR movie fans discuss the merits and drawbacks of the genre.

The North Carolinian wife of the Patriots’ quarterback has won the hearts of New Englanders.

When a militant Islamic group known as the Taliban took over most of Afganistan, it imposed its brand of fundamentalism on the areas it controls. NPR's Michael Sullivan has the first in a series of reports on how Islamic fundamentalism is influencing central Asia.

The paper's executive editor says the cuts will include the sports desk, as well as major cuts to the international news team.

While the parks remain very popular, the costs for families have skyrocketed, pricing out the middle class.

Noor Pervez, community engagement manager at the Autistic Self Advocacy Network, helped Mattel design a new autistic Barbie.

In several states, adults aged 55 to 64 and parents of older teens must prove they’re working, volunteering or doing job training at least 80 hours a month to get food benefits.

Whatever you might think of the technology, American workers should prepare themselves for what’s coming next.

Until last year, the number of children orphaned because a parent died from AIDS, was plummeting. That's thanks to America's 20 year effort to get lifesaving HIV meds to millions in need. But last years upheaval in foreign aid funding is raising concern that more children will be at risk of losing a parent to the deadly virus.