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"I nearly fell over looking at it ... we were picking it up for hours," said the miner who found the gold. The huge amount of the precious metal is worth millions of dollars.

Palestinian violist Ramzi Aburedwan used to throw stones at Israeli soldiers. Now he fights with music. He's built a music school for young Palestinians and he's finally realized a dream of playing Beethoven's 9th Symphony in Jerusalem.

Little is known about impact, or even size of the three-week nationwide prison strike that ended Sunday. NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Udi Ofer, head of the ACLU Campaign for Smart Justice about the strike.

The Russian government's plan to raise the national pension age for men and women has sparked protests across the country.

In a lawsuit filed in April, the county argued that Oregon's marijuana laws violate federal law, and should be scotched.

While this Sacramento, Calif. band didn't win this year's Tiny Desk contest, their video entry, for the song "Peach Scones," was among the more memorable we've ever seen.

Evidence shows the drugs methadone and buprenorphine can help people recover from opioid use disorder by reducing withdrawal symptoms and cravings. So why do many sobriety facilities ban their use?

As marijuana gains popularity among people 65 and older, geriatricians call for more research on how it affects elderly patients. Shifts in metabolism as we age can intensify any drug's side effects.

We hear a lot about robots eventually taking over jobs in manufacturing, but automation has already hit the service industry. The cashier who takes your order at McDonald's could soon be replaced.

The very first Apple computer — an Apple-1 — was really only a circuit board. But for computer geeks and tech-lovers, that board could become a collectors item when it goes up for auction.