The Trump administration nominee for secretary of defense calls women in combat roles a mistake. Critics fear it's yet another signal that policies that engage with a changing America could be on the ...

The seven states that share the Colorado River have a 2026 deadline for a new sharing agreement. The Biden administration this week encouraged them to hurry, in an apparent attempt to limit the ...

Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai took the stand this week. He faces charges in connection with the 2019 anti-government protests in the region. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with his son, Sebastien Lai.

A heart cockle shell has been found to let in light through a design that resembles fiber optic cables. This could inspire ...

Thanksgiving favorites such as mac and cheese, turkey and casseroles can be brought through TSA checkpoints. But cranberry ...

Surviving on a diet of toothpaste and toilet paper, South Africa's notorious "zama-zama" illegal miners continue a weeks-long ...

The strikes were the fourth on Beirut in less than a week. The escalation comes after a U.S. envoy traveled to the region ...

In recent years, "atmospheric river" has become used much more frequently in scientific papers and in media coverage.

NATO and Ukraine will hold emergency talks Tuesday after Russia attacked the city of Dnipro with an experimental, hypersonic ...

In a flurry of picks on Friday evening, Trump named three choices for top health jobs. Together they would help the incoming ...

The storm arrived in the Pacific Northwest earlier this week, killing two people and knocking out power to hundreds of ...

Even as a young child, I could understand the idea that words have meaning, which is why when Sen. Lindsey Graham referred to ...