Robert Balint

The discovery of a what's being called a Higgs-like particle brought us one step closer to figuring out how the universe came into existence. But why did the universe come into existence in the first place?

Saudi Arabia is sending two female athletes to the Olympics for the first time, becoming one of the last competing countries to do so. The step is a huge statement for female athletes...

It has been a tumultuous year for big banks, and today is turning out to be no different. JPMorgan and Wells Fargo released their earnings reports today.

A court has ruled that Wells Fargo will pay $175 million as a result of a lawsuit based on discriminatory actions of the firm from 2004 to 2009. The Assistant Attorney General for the...

The top stories of the past week, including Romney and Biden's speeches to the NAACP, the Obamacare repeal in the House, and building tensions over the Texas Voting Rights Act.

As the Obama and Romney campaigns set their sights on swing states, Anna Sale, reporter for our co-producer WNYC’s It's a Free Country, follows along.

In a rare exchange, former diplomat Michael Semple interviewed a veteran leader of the Afghan Taliban and learned about the organization's plans for the country after the United Sta...

The uprising in Syria continues on as International governments and organizations try to battle the chaos brewing. Donatella Rovera, Amnesty International's senior crisis response a...

There was once a time when the bank was a respected institution. But in 2007, only two in five Americans trusted in banks. Now, just five years later, the number has dipped even lower. 

The Libor manipulation scandal has dominated the news with stories of a culture of corporate greed and bankers who don't know right from wrong. But why should we care about a few London traders who fudged the numbers?

Actor John Leguizamo is perhaps best known for his groundbreaking one-man shows. A new documentary traces John Leguizamo's career from Mambo Mouth, his first major break, through the ...

Up until now, our main ways of combating mosquitoes involved avoidance and swatting. But a British biotechnology company is trying something different: the genetic modification of mosquitoes themselves.

In 2008 tuberculosis broke out in Florida. What's strangest isn't what happened before the outbreak. It's what happened after. Which is to say, nothing.

What would you do if your salary was reduced to that of a teenager working at McDonalds? To hundreds of public officials, this scenario has become a harsh reality.

The 18th century saw the threshing machine; now, it's the 3D printer and the self-driving car. Then, it was brute force; now, it's problem-solving skills and artificial intelligence. ...

It took a celebrity to break the silence inside black America about HIV/AIDS. The celebrity was basketball legend, Magic Johnson, who announced that he was HIV-positive back in 1991. ...

Florence Detlor is now 101 years old, and considering how much technology she’s seen come and go in her lifetime, we’d forgive her if she chose to opt out of things like email and soc...

The first decade of the 21st century saw an untold number of crises and disasters, and they seem to be coming harder and faster than ever before. Andrew Zolli, author of "Resilience: ...

Last month, the Egyptian high court and military generals dissolved the country’s parliament. But on Sunday, President Morsi decreed that the legislature — dominated by his fellow Isl...

Natasha Trethewey is the first African American to hold the title of Poet Laureate since Rita Dove in 1993. She will assume the post in September and will divide her time between Deca...