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Americans may be living longer than ever, but we're lagging behind the life expectancies for the leading nations in the world. A fresh analysis shows there are wide variations in how long Americans can expect to live, depending on their county of residence. Obesity and smoking are problems.

NPR Music's Stephen Thompson reports on a handful of newcomers to the pop charts.

In a wide-ranging and long interview, President-elect Donald Trump tells TIME Magazine his priorities for the first days of his second time at the presidency.

The economy still takes the top spot as the most pressing concern, but preserving democracy continues to rank high in NPR's polling, an aberration in American history.

President-elect Barack Obama is appointing his transition team and beginning to form his cabinet. We look at who Obama is meeting with and where he's traveling to over the next several days.

If women want to marry a rich man, is that a form of prostitution? That may lead to a further question: why not just take up work in prostitution? A recent survey of prostitutes and police showed that the field has much to recommend it, and one main negative: violence.

Ten is an arbitrary number, so NPR's entertainment critic Bob Mondello offers his top 24 movies of 2002. Mondello says 2002 was a record year for box office sales and a better year than 2001 for movie quality. His list ranges from blockbuster adventure to documentary.

A Russian named Grigory Perelman, is credited with helping solve a famous 100-year-old math problem. Both the problem and the man who solved it are a bit of a puzzle.

Rocky top refers to a TN place that's tough to plant...yet fertile for great storytelling.

A federal jury has found that New York Knicks coach Isiah Thomas sexually harassed Anucha Browne Sanders, a former top executive of the Knicks, by subjecting her to unwanted advances and insults. Madison Square Garden and its chairman are ordered to pay $11.6 million in damages.