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NPR's A Martinez speaks with journalist and author Danny Funt about his new book, "Everybody Loses: The Tumultuous Rise of American Sports Gambling."

Amtrak’s new Acela trains can hit 160 mph, but on the busy route between Boston and Washington, D.C., they don’t stay at that top speed for long.

The overhaul shifts funds to transitional housing requiring work and addiction treatment. The administration says it promotes "self-sufficiency," but critics warn many will risk losing housing again.

Culture-war debates have been shaking up our public schools.

Senator Mark Warner says video of the Caribbean attack reveals survivors still on the wreck when the second strike came.

NPR editor Barrie Hardymon and producer Marc Rivers talk about the joy of loving movies everyone else loves to hate.

Several dozen are believed killed in a fire at a New Year's Eve party in a Swiss ski resort bar.

UNC Asheville deployed a weather balloon ahead of Winter Storm Fern to help the National Weather Service and broadcast meteorologists predict the weather.

President Trump has railed against renewable energy — especially wind turbines. But for one county in eastern North Carolina, they’re producing some real economic tailwinds.

New military standards for grooming and appearance have some worried about religious and racial discrimination, particularly the guidance that men must be clean shaven.