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Contestants in the National Spelling Bee will now be required to offer definitions for the words. Audie Cornish talks to sportswriter Stefan Fatsis about the change.

NPR's Tamara Keith steps into the cocktail bar Death & Co in Washington, D.C., to find out which movie-inspired drinks will set the mood for New Year's Eve.

For the first time, NATO allowed journalists to witness its annual nuclear exercise, a once-secret event that now serves as both a show of transparency and a message of deterrence toward Russia.

Saudi Arabia's crown prince visits Trump to firm up bilateral and personal ties

Scientists and leadership trainers says it's nearly impossible to train people out of their biases, but organizations can develop ways of mitigating the effects of it. Often, it involves teamwork.

David Nevin is lead defense attorney for Sept. 11 planner Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. He tells NPR's Scott Simon that Mohammed wants to share information relevant to Gina Haspel and the CIA.

You might have heard about the widening income gap. You might not know there's a life expectancy gap as well. The rich are outliving the poor by a wider margin than ever before, according to a new study by the Brookings Institution. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with co-author Gary Burtless about the study.

With the Association of Southeast Asian Nations leaders meeting in Kuala Lumpur, the growing problem of scam centers is in the spotlight.

Starting today, soccer teams from 32 countries are competing in the Club World Cup, not to be confused with THE World Cup, which is next year. This competition takes place in 11 U.S. cities.

Starting Jan. 1, non-U.S. citizens will have to pay an additional $100 each to enter 11 of America's most popular National Parks.