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Linguist Geoff Nunberg says none of the differences between American and British English would be interesting if the nations didn't share a core vocabulary grown from a common literary tradition.

In May, Lizzie Purbrick discovered her beau, a member of the British Parliament, was cheating. With the help of a butcher, she struck back. Now she's been sentenced to community service.

On the last Saturday of the month, citizens must spend three hours beautifying the nation. Some people question the authoritarian approach. But the results are impressive.

The group of Thai boys who were trapped in a cave have spoken to the media for the first time in a news conference.

Officials in Europe say Google is violating antitrust laws. NPR's Noel King talks with Politico's Mark Scott.

The giant hotel chain became the latest company to announce it will stop using plastic straws, saying it would remove them from its more than 6,500 properties by next July.

The White House asserted that Trump believes Russia is still targeting the U.S., despite his apparent answer to a reporter's question. Trump also told CBS he holds Putin personally responsible.

The Massachusetts House and Senate agreed on Wednesday to a $41.88 billion budget deal for the fiscal year that began on July 1. The compromise spending…

The former YouTube star explores adolescence in the age of social media in his film Eighth Grade. "This awful D-list celebrity pressure I had experienced onstage has now been democratized," he says.

More than 1 million tons of earth had come crashing down on the road in the rugged Big Sur area. Motorists can now drive uninterrupted along the coast between LA and San Francisco.