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There's plenty of evidence that being transgender makes for worse mental health. But would that change if trans people were accepted by their families early on? Scientists are trying to find out.

"Clearly, what happened here is a case of environmental injustice," task force member Ken Sikkema tells reporters. Primary blame rests with a state environmental agency, investigators concluded.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus' character in Veep uses the slogan "Continuity With Change." Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull is using the slogan "continuity AND change." Maybe just a little change.

The Library of Congress names 25 recordings to be added to its National Recording Registry annually. This rare recording — there is no film of the game — is one of this year's selections.

Now that the polls are closed, political scientist Richard Herrera of Arizona State University provides some analysis about that state's primary and what it might mean moving forward.

"Personalities come and go. But principles? Principles endure," House Speaker Paul Ryan said Wednesday, in a not-so-subtle jab at Donald Trump.

Author Elaine Kamarck explains superdelegates, the difference between caucuses and primaries, what happens in a brokered convention and how the rules of primaries can sometimes change.

Colleges are stepping up the competition to enroll the best students. One new development is personalized acceptance notices — whether they're fake news alerts, a visit from the marching band, or a letter hand-delivered by the college president himself. NPR's Audie Cornish talks to Wheaton College President Dennis Hanno about hand delivering letters to accepted students.

A new study in the journal Nature Climate Change finds weather plays a role in determining the quality of wine produced.

At least 30 people died in the attacks at an airport and metro station in Brussels Tuesday. The identities of some of the victims are slowly being made public.