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For the first time in decades, the number of children with asthma isn't increasing, federal scientists report. But cases continue to rise among African-American children and poor children.

At least 11 people died when tornadoes plowed through North Texas on the night after Christmas. At least eight of them were killed when a tornado picked their vehicles off a highway east of Dallas.

The law has changed, but what President Obama calls "too much testing" is likely to continue.

The president has conducted a few interviews of his own recently, so NPR asked him: What does he want to ask the next president?

When Jimmy Carter said his advanced melanoma was gone, he credited immunotherapy, treatments that harness the immune system to fight cancer cells. This idea dates back to a 19th-century doctor.

In an interview with NPR, President Obama talks about interviewing people he finds extraordinary and about what question he'd pose to the people who want to succeed him in the White House.

Television exploded with options for fans, from a record number of shows to new kinds of online platforms. Our critic examines the biggest trends that reshaped the face of television this year.

Looking over investment opportunities since the millennium, The Telegraph newspaper reports that gold brought in an annual average return of 9.5 percent. Lego sets returned an average of 12 percent.

Prison officials allowed her to compete under armed guard, according to the BBC. And though she did not win the contest, the country's prisons minister announced she was being released on parole.

Oklahoma's panhandle could also see blizzard conditions Monday, and winter storms are expected from Texas through the Midwest and Great Lakes.