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As Apple's smart watch goes on sale, there are some big questions about the whole idea of the wrist watch as a computer, including whether consumers come to see them as a luxury or a necessity.

The Rhode Island Tree Council wants to set the record for hugging trees on Saturday. And, Christopher Swain, a clean-water advocate, swam in New York's most polluted canal. He said it tasted bad.

Presidents Vladimir Putin of Russia and Francois Hollande of France were among those who attended a ceremony in the Armenian capital. German lawmakers vote to call the event "genocide."

Students sustained minor injuries in the collapse during the musical finale of a stage show in suburban Indianapolis.

Comcast is abandoning its $45 billion takeover of Time Warner Cable. For more details, Steve Inskeep speaks with NPR's Yuki Noguchi.

H. Richard Milner's new book helps educators understand how to incorporate talk of race, class and inequality into their lessons.

The Justice Department had raised concerns over the proposed $45.2 billion merger, which would have brought nearly 30 percent of TV and about 55 percent of broadband subscribers under one roof.

GOVERNOR’S LECTURE IN THE HUMANITIES – Historian Michael Beschloss, author of “Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders and How They Changed America, 1789 to…

From Goya to Banksy, artists through the centuries have tackled modernity and its discontents through depictions of eating outdoors.

In tests of anti-malarial pills and antibiotics, 9 to 41 percent didn't meet quality standards. And the world does a crummy job chasing criminals who reap $75 billion a year from counterfeit meds.