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People with symptoms suggesting depression felt better immediately when tiny pulses of electricity reached a brain area called the lateral orbitofrontal cortex.

"These sobering statistics are a wakeup call that we are losing too many Americans, too early and too often, to conditions that are preventable," says CDC Director Robert Redfield.

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization has designated reggae music as an "intangible cultural heritage of humanity."

As illegal meth use has made a comeback across the U.S., pregnant women have not been spared, doctors say. New research shows rural areas in the South, Midwest and West have been hit hardest.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with George Daley, dean of Harvard Medical School, about this week's international summit on gene editing and how the birth of babies with edited genes was received.

Loyola University Chicago surprised Sister Jean Dolores-Schmidt this week with an NCAA Final Four appearance ring. The 99-year-old chaplain became a national star after an improbable March Madness run.

For decades, India's Sikhs have longed to reach one of their holiest sites, a soaring white temple, built on a river bank. A new corridor will allow them visa-free access to the temple.

Here are some of the latest key words driving teachers in their work.

Alaska's House could be evenly divided 20-20 — it depends on a legislative race that ended in a tie. A recount may depend on one ballot, found on a precinct table Election Day and not yet counted.

This year Democrats took seven Republican gubernatorial seats and claimed six new state trifectas. The party is chipping away at gains made by Republicans in the last 10 years.