While most highway bridges get regular inspections made available to the public, railroad bridges are different, a Howard Center investigation finds.

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting said today it will start winding down its operations after it lost federal funding.

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Michael Lynk, former U.N. Special Rapporteur for human rights in Palestinian territories, about recent international moves to recognize a Palestinian state.

One topic dominated online conversation this week: the American Eagle jeans ad featuring actress Sydney Sweeney. We break down why people are so worked up about it.

With President Trump's political rise in 2016, a movement emerged, entwined with Trump's Make America Great Again branding. But the MAGA movement is intrinsically tied to Trump, making its future ...

A nearly wordless meditation on the building blocks of civilization — stone and concrete — Viktor Kossakovsky's documentary Architecton is a dazzling sensory overload.

Nearly 1,400 department workers are being fired as part of a broad reduction-in-force (RIF) that began on March 11. Days ...

For nearly 30 years, the nonprofit Songs of Love Foundation has created custom songs for kids with terminal illnesses. Now it ...

Alaska has long ignored warning signs of a budget crisis. Now, it has no money to fix something that is posing serious health ...

Trump signed executive orders setting updated tariff rates on more than 65 countries. And, more than 1,000 rabbis and Jewish ...

The recent push by several countries to recognize a state of Palestine is largely symbolic, but it carries diplomatic and ...

A South African university launched an anti-poaching campaign Thursday to inject the horns of rhinos with radioactive ...