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One of America's best-known and most prolific travel writers, who has taken his readers around the world for nearly 40 years, has yet to write about the American South. That's about to change, and Paul Theroux needs the help of Weekend Edition listeners. Theroux speaks with host Rachel Martin about his new project.

Updated: 7:03 a.m. Friday, March 1Lane County Emergency Management developed a Snow Storm Community Resources Webpage to provide Lane County residents…

Scientists in England are ready to do something that's never been done before — combine the DNA of two women and one man to create embryos that don't carry hereditary mitochondrial disorders.

Pew surveyed nearly 8,000 officers. Among other things, the group asked about recent killings of black civilians by police and the protests that followed. Officers said they now feel less safe.

Those tangled brambles are everywhere in the city, the legacy of an eccentric named Luther Burbank whose breeding experiments with crops can still be found on many American dinner plates.

African-American women are more likely to be infected with HIV than other women. So the District of Columbia is launching an effort to inform them about PrEP, medication that can reduce their risk.

Steve Goodman is the man responsible for "Go Cubs Go," a song that's been the anthem his beloved team since 1984. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Goodman's biographer Clay Eals about the singer's life.

Police arrested 45-year-old Jason Dalton in the shooting deaths of six people in Michigan. Two other people were also shot, including a 14-year-old girl. Dalton is to be arraigned on Monday.

The Social Life of DNA is a new book that explores what cutting-edge DNA testing technology means for African-Americans who lost their history in the slave trade.

In a stunning upset, the 28-year-old socialist, whose mother was born in Puerto Rico, unseated Democratic stalwart Rep. Joe Crowley in New York's diverse 14th Congressional District.