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In the United States, there are more than 500,000 households without complete indoor plumbing – including 11,000 homes in Virginia. Lauren Mason is with…

The country votes in what could be the closest elections in decades. Some of the political coverage is decidedly more colorful than in the U.S.

Some hospitals are using a remote command center to keep an eye on ICU patients. This brings the expertise of a major medical center to rural hospitals — and may help keep the rural centers open.

NPR's Robert Siegel talks to Boston Globe sports writer Dan Shaughnessy about the NFL's report into whether the New England Patriots had a hand in deflating footballs for the AFC championship game.

Parishioners in Scituate, Mass., are being sued for eviction after holding on to their church for 11 years. The archdiocese wants to close it because of dropping attendance and financial hardship.

If you’ve been to the crowd-funding website called Kickstarter, you know there are some pretty crazy ideas out there, but five dads from Staunton are…

A risk-averse culture is making it a tough road for fresh ideas and fledgling Japanese startups. But venture backers are starting to see some signs of hope that new tech firms will take off.

One of the hottest new startups in the Bay Area is a school. The AltSchool was founded by a former Google engineer and he's raised $100 million to build these for-profit microschools.

These days there's less need for cowboys than there used to be. But when dozens of cattle escaped a semi-trailer crash near Wichita, cowboys helped to round them up and get them in another truck.

A court in Mumbai sentenced Salman Khan to 5 years in prison for a hit-and-run incident in 2002 that left 1 person dead. David Greene talks to commentator Sandip Roy, who lives in Kolkat, India.