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Nursing homes are often thought of as grim places. But a new approach is being tested. Instead of an institutional setting, the goal now is to provide a homelike — but safe — atmosphere for residents.

A rare, hybrid eclipse occurs Friday. The best viewing is in parts of Panama and the South Pacific. A hybrid appears both as either a complete or obscured eclipse depending on one's vantage point. It occurs only six times every century.

Jared Diamond is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Guns, Germs and Steel, which has been made into a documentary that debuts Monday. He discusses his ideas about the rise and fall of human civilizations.

The U.S. Forest Service has always had to balance economic and recreational needs. But lately, scientific research has become a bigger part of the agency's mission. In the first of two reports, Elizabeth Arnold profiles researchers looking for evidence of climate change in a forest canopy.

The missing-persons case of Latoya Figueroa, a pregnant black woman from Philadelphia, has finally attracted mainstream news coverage after bloggers at AllSpinZone.com generated publicity on her behalf.

In the wake of the media frenzy over the "runaway bride" saga, Allison Keyes reports on the story of Tamika Huston, the African-American woman who's been missing from her home in South Carolina for the past year. Is race an issue in how each case was handled?

Old accusations of LGBTQ people "grooming" and "recruiting" children have gained new traction. When have we heard this before? What counternarrative are activists using to win over public opinion?

Four U.S. states are still struggling with high rates of lead poisoning from soil, pipes and paint. It impacts thousands of people each year, especially low-income communities and families of color.

National security and leadership were the themes of the night on the last night of the Democratic National Convention in Boston, where Sen. John Kerry officially became his party's presidential nominee. He was introduced by his daughters and fellow Vietnam veterans.

A voluntary withdrawal of Vioxx from the market is the latest in a string of safety issues for the drug market. Dr. Alistair Wood, of the Vanderbilt School of Medicine, says the serious dangers Vioxx posed could have been found before millions began taking the drug. Wood speaks with NPR's Renee Montagne.