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The Digital Services Act, one half of an overhaul for the European Union's digital rulebook, helps cement Europe's reputation as the global leader in efforts to rein in the power of digital platforms.

There are lots of benefits to spending time in nature. NPR's Life Kit provides some help to getting outside.

Materials like lithium are used in batteries for things like electric vehicles. For Cornwall, England, that's already led to a small mining boom.

The release of Michael Wolff's new book, Fire and Fury, has caused quite a stir. But critics and journalists are skeptical about Wolff's sourcing due to his previous work.

The Detroit Tigers designated hitter became the 33rd player in the league to reach the milestone. Rockies shortstop José Iglesias ran over to hug his former teammate during the game.

President Obama is expected Friday to nominate Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., as his next secretary of state. Kerry would replace Hillary Clinton, who's planning to leave the post after four years as the president's globetrotting emissary.

Airline travelers, there is some good news this holiday season. The Transportation Security Administration says children and the elderly won't have to remove their shoes. And you can now carry on some (but not all) snow globes. The government has some other pointers heading into a busy travel weekend.

Big insurance companies are opening their own doctors' offices and clinics — a strategy that has previously met with mixed results.

With hordes of tourists descending on New York for the Christmas season, Broadway is looking to turn a profit — by staging limited-run holiday musicals like A Christmas Story and Elf. But with production costs so high, how can these shows make money back? The answer, it turns out, is complicated.

A massive analysis of some 350,000 students in 53 countries has uncovered a paradox: Students in many countries that are mediocre at science have an inflated sense of good they are.