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For the first time, the government is using a star system to rate agencies that care for seniors in their homes. Medicare was stingy with top ratings and also the poorest scores.

What does the death of the long-serving leader of Vietnam, one of the world's last remaining communist regimes, mean for the country and the region?

For the top brass of companies such as Dell and Hewlett-Packard, talk of cyberweapons and cyberwar could be abstract. But at a classified security briefing in spring 2010, it suddenly became quite real. "We can turn your computer into a brick," government officials reportedly told the startled executives.

As relations between Pakistan and the United States have become more turbulent, Pakistani officials have shown new resolve not to be subservient to Washington. Earlier this week, top Pakistani government and military leaders gathered in Islamabad to discuss relations with the U.S.

Zebra finches who did not sing every day quickly lose their vocal prowess, a new study finds. The results could potentially shed light on vocal rehabilitation for humans, too.

On Wednesday in South Korea, a Google AI program will take on a top-level player in the ancient game of Go. Here's what you need to know.

As the Trump administration talks to Russia about ending the war in Ukraine, one of Ukraine's top religious leaders is trying to rally support in the United States.

When we worry about the declining rates of literacy and a lack of reading skills, it's often about children. But how often are adults reading these days? And what are we reading? A new NPR/Ipsos poll finds out.

The documents, which are marked top secret, were posted to the Telegram messaging app and first reported by CNN and Axios.

Given two choices of attractive mates, female frogs pick the top vocalist. But add a third, inferior male to the mix, and females go for No. 2. The "decoy effect" shapes some human choices, too.