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Rep. John Boehner of Ohio is expected to hand off the speaker's gavel in the House chamber to Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin on Thursday. NPR's Susan Davis tells Renee Montagne about his exit interview.

Here's something to keep in mind when using the "OK Google" voice command feature on Android phones: Google keeps an audio archive of your requests.

In 1959 the American Embassy in Nepal issued instructions for mountain climbers looking to encounter a Yeti.

After more than 35 years, China has rescinded its law banning many families from having more than one child; all of them will now be allowed to have two.

In addition to lower oil prices, Royal Dutch Shell says it incurred billions in costs when it shut down large-scale projects in Alaska and Canada.

Los Angeles is finding that community health workers — problem solvers who are untrained in medicine, but fluent in compassion — can be key to helping the county's sickest and neediest get better.

Many business leaders say U.S. exporters already are hurting because they lack financing from the Export-Import Bank. Congress is working on legislation to renew the bank charter that expired June 30.

Stories that appeared on NPR's music website were found to include portions of others' work, according to a joint statement by NPR and member station WQXR, where the stories' writer was based.

Now all families in China will be allowed to have two children, as NPR's Anthony Kuhn tells host Renee Montagne.

Untested cancer drugs are often hyped by journalists, doctors and biotech firms, a survey finds. Dressing up unproved medications with shiny words can inspire false optimism among patients.