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Updated blood pressure guidelines move the goal post for millions of people at risk for heart attacks and strokes. The change is likely to lead to more people taking medicines for hypertension.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with sportswriter Christine Brennan of USA Today about the NCAA COVID-19 rules. She points out that the women's team is playing in Texas, which has no mask mandate.

Since 1955, the King's name had been among the 1,000 most popular baby names each year. No longer. And for the second year in a row, Twillight's Jacob and Isabella rule as No. 1s.

Gillian Clark, head chef and owner of Colorado Kitchen in Washington, D.C., suggests some seasonal treats for the Fourth of July. Clark shares her recipes with NPR's Andrea Seabrook.

As the Smithsonian prepares to open its National Museum of African American History and Culture in a couple weeks, NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with the museum's architect, David Adjaye.

India is a magnet for African youth who want to study abroad. But tensions between Indians and Africans sometimes explode into violence. The latest incident took place on March 27.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., doesn't trade stocks, but thinks lawmakers should be able to pick individual stocks. The top House Republican backs a new ban amid a bipartisan push for reform.

The new Prime Video series goes undercover with a pair of strangers, played by Donald Glover and Maya Erskine, who pretend to be a normal couple but are actually adventurous spies.

The pop charts used to be dominated by romantic love songs. Not so much anymore. Where did our love go?

American Haley Anderson has prepared for all the challenges she can expect in the open-water swim. The goal: improve on her 2012 performance, where she missed out on gold by four-tenths of a second.