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As some MMA fans suspected, the 27-year-old Dublin native's retirement announcement was simply a maneuver to gain leverage in his contract disagreement with the UFC.

NIH Director Francis Collins has stopped research at two leading labs for now. But an independent board of experts wants even more oversight to ensure that patient safety is the top priority.

After months of negotiations, Volkswagen has reached a deal with U.S. authorities on most of the cars involved in its diesel emissions scandal. The agreement covers nearly 500,000 2-liter engine cars. Owners will get to choose between having VW buy back their vehicles or having their cars fixed. But owners still don't know how much VW will offer in the buyback, or what the terms of a fix will be.

Renowned musician Prince died at his home in Minneapolis Thursday at the age of 57. NPR has this remembrance.

Iconic performer Prince died Thursday at his Paisley Park residence in Minnesota. He was 57.

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with David Armstrong, senior enterprise reporter for the online health news site STAT, about the deadly opioid Fentanyl, and how it's being shipped into the U.S. and Canada from China in powder form, and pressed into pills that are sold on the street.

Journalist Michael Kinsley was diagnosed when he was in his 40s. Now in his 60s, he says he feels like he's "a scout for his generation." His new book is Old Age: A Beginner's Guide.

NPR's Kelly McEvers talks with Bissan Fakih, a senior campaigner with the Syria Campaign, about what life is like in Syria these days as a ceasefire breaks down.

The abolitionist will replace President Andrew Jackson, a slave owner and anti-abolitionist, on the front of the $20 bill.

Saudi Arabia warns that it will sell its U.S. investments if Congress passes a bill allowing victims of terror attacks sue foreign governments.