A scientific review of the evidence for treatments ranging from ginger to acupuncture finds nothing so far has been proved safe and effective in relieving the nausea that strikes most women early in their pregnancies.
The retired admiral tells Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep about challenges he's faced as national incident commander for the spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
A senior police officer says three Pakistani men alleged to have helped the failed Times Square bomber meet up with militant leaders close to the Afghan border and sent him money to carry out the attack will soon face terrorism charges.
After 21 years of leading the nation’s third largest city, Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley announced Tuesday he will not seek a seventh term, putting an end to the decades-long family political dynasty spanning all but 13 of the last 55 years. The mayor first took office in 1989, following in the footsteps of his father, former Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley. Host Michel Martin talks about circumstances surrounding Daley’s announcement -- and what it means for the future of the city -- with Chicago-based NPR Correspondent David Schaper and Don Rose, a columnist Chicago Daily Observer.
Americans now owe more in student loan debt than they do for all credit card debt, according to a recent report published by the financial aid information website FinAid.org. Host Michel Martin talks to Mark Kantrowitz, publisher of the research, about why student loan debt has hit a record high
The oil giant's 193-page report says a sequence of failures led to the massive Gulf of Mexico spill that fouled waters and shorelines for months. The company's findings are far from the final word on possible causes of the explosion that sank the Deepwater Horizon drill rig.
Bedbugs virtually disappeared from the U.S. by the 1950s, but now they're back -- in homes, hotels and schools. Entomologist Michael Potter, who specializes in pest management, explains how to check hotel rooms for the "perfect parasite" -- and what to do if you suspect an infestation.
ANALYSIS: Illegal border crossings are down, and so is border-state violence. But in a critical election year, with control of Congress at stake, the immigration reform debate isn't getting any less heated even as more facts come in.
A federal judge ruled the government is wrong about a "parade of horribles" that a stay on funding of researcher involving human embryonic stem cells would have on the field. He refused to lift a preliminary injunction imposed last month.
A study of what's happened so far in the primaries signals that Democrats just aren't as enthusiastic as Repubulicans this year. Nothing quite like this has happened since 1930.
The package of infrastructure investments and business tax incentives is meant to put the economy on a path toward long-term growth while also allowing for some immediate job creation.
Downgraded to a tropical depression, Hermine brought downpours and winds gusting to about 70 mph across a swath of Texas and could spread as far north as Oklahoma and Kansas in the coming days.
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