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Just over 100,000 people managed to get signed up for health insurance through the state and federal health exchanges, the Obama administration reported. But barely a quarter of those — 26,794 — signed up through the faltering HealthCare.gov website.

Unmanned aerial vehicles can sound like a swarm of bees with a relentless buzzing noise. Now, drones can act like one as dozens are programmed to soar and work together.

The stock markets may be sinking, but the price of gold is on the rise — it topped $1,700 an ounce Monday. The spike in gold is a sign that nervous investors think there's nowhere else safe to put their money, economists say.

The Obama administration on Thursday issued a new rule to slash pollution from coal-fired power plants that cause unhealthy air in 27 states. This replaces a Bush-era rule that was overturned by the courts.

The tight race between Donald Trump and Nikki Haley has thrown a spotlight on the identity crisis within the Republican party and the debate between populism and small-government conservatism.

Now that Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva received a four-year doping ban, the U.S. will receive its first-ever team gold medal in figure skating from the 2022 Beijing Olympics.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Sean Decatur, president of the American Museum of Natural History, about why some Native American exhibits are closing under a law requiring consent from Native tribes.

Following pressure from animal advocates, a giraffe named Benito is being transferred from a shabby park in the border city of Ciudad Juarez to a more spacious wildlife park in southern Mexico.

President Biden spent the weekend talking to Democrats in South Carolina ahead of his party's first official nominating contest.

The arrest of 7 FIFA officials in Zurich is raising questions for corporations that underwrite soccer's main event, the World Cup. Coca-Cola, Adidas and others are withholding public comment for now.