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On Tuesday, Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito acknowledged a constitutional right to privacy and distanced himself from a memo he wrote two decades ago against the right to abortion.

It all started last November, when a relatively small lender, Own-It Mortgage Solutions, defaulted on its loans to JP Morgan Chase. Since then, more than 24 subprime lenders have folded, victims of rising default rates — but also of rising suspicions that the entire subprime market is teetering.

Francis has now named nine batches of new cardinals in his 10-year papacy. Increasingly, the men who will vote for whoever succeeds Francis are churchmen supportive of his values.

The Palestinian president accuses Hamas of trying to assassinate him, as Israeli warplanes and tanks hit targets in northern Gaza.

Millions of people in the U.S. have a genetic variant that raises their risk of cancer. Genetic testing can help people find cancer earlier and seek treatment. But many patients aren't offered it.

As one of the worst heat waves on record set in across much of the southern United States, barrels of life-saving water for wayward migrants traveling on foot have vanished.

Hospitalizations are down 62% for childhood respiratory illnesses, a study shows. Masking and physical distancing are keeping a variety of viruses in check, but will these behaviors last?

Drugmaker Novo Nordisk focuses on Black lawmakers and opinion leaders to spread the message that obesity is a chronic disease — worth treating at a cost of $1,000 or more a month.

Around the world, new gin distilleries are popping up like mushrooms after a rain. NPR traces the boom to its historic roots in London, which once had 250 distilleries within the city limits alone.

After canceling a rally in Chicago last night where clashes broke out, Donald Trump is scheduled to campaign this morning in Vandalia, Ohio.