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European leaders met Monday in a last-ditch effort to keep Greece from defaulting on loan payments that are due soon. There was no resolution, but both sides will reconvene later this week.

It turns out jeans really can be too tight. An Australian woman suffered nerve and muscle damage after wearing superskinny jeans. She couldn't walk and was hospitalized, but has since recovered.

More than 1,400 pharmacies billed for questionable prescriptions last year, according to the inspector general at Health and Human Services. That includes prescriptions for commonly abused opioids.

When the Pentagon revealed it secretly exposed enlisted men to mustard gas during WWII, VA officials promised disability benefits. But an NPR investigation finds that most were never contacted.

Driven by new regulations and fracking, more coal power plants are retiring for cheaper, cleaner-burning natural gas. But scientists have yet to work out the fossil fuel's imperfect climate footprint.

In just 18 months, China has created more than 2,000 acres of new land where before there were just waves and reef, according to the U.S., which sees the work as a threat to regional stability.

For many Americans, an NPR poll suggests, walking is their most consistent exercise. But how much can a moderately paced walk really help your health?

Officials with the New York State Police say they have found physical evidence in a hunting cabin that they have tied to the two prison escapees. They have not revealed what the items are.

In Karachi, temperatures surpassed 111 degrees Fahrenheit. The government has called on the military to set up makeshift medical camps.

Carl McCoid has 29 Miley Cyrus tribute tattoos. The middle-aged McCoid tells Britain's Daily Mirror that he's getting some of the tattoos removed after the singer called them creepy and ugly.