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Companies will be required to phase out those little round spheres of plastic that are in everything from facewash to toothpaste by July 2017.

U.S. drivers are becoming accustomed to lower prices at the pump, and sales of bigger cars are rising. But if people start driving more because they can afford it, will it hurt environmental efforts?

Zahran Alloush was a controversial figure, at odds with the Syrian regime, ISIS, and secular activists.

Writer Diana Abu-Jaber recalls her grandmother's holiday cookies, which they call "wurst cakes." This story originally aired on Dec. 12, 2013 on All Things Considered.

Call it the "couch caucus." At least 40 members of Congress sleep in their offices — from freshman Kristi Noem to Speaker Paul Ryan. It's one way to save a buck, until you see a mouse.

Most doctors have no training in nutrition, but that's starting to change. Medical schools want future doctors to be able to communicate the value of cooking and eating healthy food.

Lots of Christmas toys mean lots of work putting them all together. Our listeners share some of their best and worst experiences.

It's not easy being a bird. There are windows, cell towers, wind farms, habitat destruction and especially cats. NPR's Linda Wertheimer speaks with Talkin' Birds host Ray Brown about avian dangers.

A second E.coli outbreak at the Chipotle has food safety experts perplexed. NPR's Linda Wertheimer talks to reporter Joanne Silberner about why it's been so hard to identify the contamination source.

It's been a year of protests with demonstrators taking to the streets across the nation. Fatal shootings involving police have forced investigations, the ouster of a police superintendent and others.