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ADHD has been considered a medical disorder, treatable with drugs like Ritalin, but New York Times Magazine writer Paul Tough says recent studies question that assumption and treatment options.

WHQR’s Community Agenda project has reached more than 1,000 community members, asking them one question: what should Wilmington city council candidates be talking about? Infrastructure and traffic both make the top 5.

Families from the U.S. and around the world had been waiting years to meet the boy or girl they were set to adopt from China. This week, they learned that China is no longer allowing international adoptions.

NPR's Adrian Ma speaks with Lina Khatib of Chatam House, about the significance of rebel groups entering the city of Aleppo, Syria, in a conflict that many believed had reached a stalemate.

Fighting between Syrian Kurds -who a decade ago clawed out an autonomous territory in the country's northeast- and Turkish-backed militias is posing a serious threat to the current stability.

Ali Truwit's lower leg was amputated after a shark bit her during a post-graduation trip last May. This week, the 24-year-old won two Paralympic medals and set two new American records.

The GBH News podcast What Is Owed? considers the issue of reparations in the cradle of the American Revolution — and the first American colony to legalize slavery — Massachusetts.

Norfolk Southern has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit stemming from the fiery train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio in early 2023.

Unlike other social media sites, Bluesky allows users to create their own algorithm. The site does not have ads, nor harvest data for artificial intelligence training. But it is still very small, and it does not make money.

In each episode of In The Wild Coastal Plain, we meet a plant or an animal endemic to the southeastern North Carolina biodiversity hotspot – so we can better understand our coastal plain ecosystem and who lives here with us.Today, we’re exploring Holly Shelter, a nature preserve and game land in Pender County that boasts tens of thousands of acres -- one of the last great pieces of connected natural area in southeastern North Carolina. That’s because humans are rapidly building all around it.