Volunteering doesn't just benefit the people you are helping. It also improves your own health. Research shows people who do things for others have better brain and heart health.

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NPR's Juana Summers speaks with writer and runner Ali Feller, host of the podcast Ali on the Run, about strategies she's used to get through a challenging year.

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In the wake of Blake Lively's sexual harassment and retaliation allegations against co-star Justin Baldoni, more actresses are speaking up about their own similar experiences on set.

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According to the latest annual report from the Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, four of the nine states with the ...

The couple married in 2014, but separated two years later. A lengthy legal battle ensued over custody of their children and ...

GloRilla, Latto and Doechii all delivered landmark rap albums. Not just because they had the best bars, but because each trusted themself enough to make an artistic and commercial leap.

The northern lights could be visible Tuesday night and Wednesday night over the Northern Hemisphere due to a geomagnetic ...

More than 1.3 million people were plunged into darkness early Tuesday. Failure of an underground power line is believed to be ...

Four weeks after a puzzling outbreak was reported in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization has ...