Many Americans, particularly Indigenous people in the Southwest, have been exposed to radiation from atomic testing dating ...

Animal shelters nationwide have been full, but the problem is especially acute on reservations that have long had underfunded ...

Each year our society produces an overwhelming amount of plastic waste, contributing to a pollution crisis that not only ...

Scientists with NASA are launching enormous balloons, the size of a football stadium, from the Antarctic ice. They're carrying experiments on dark matter and other mysteries.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Megan Twohey, investigative reporter at The New York Times, about Blake Lively's allegations of sexual harassment and retaliation during and after the film It Ends With Us.

Working with artists like Chappell Roan and Olivia Rodrigo to distill their personalities and voices into distinctive and personal songs, Nigro has established himself as a producer adept at making ...

NPR's Scott Detrow tries to spread holiday cheer by reviving an old office holiday tradition: making mulled wine in the microwave at work on Christmas Eve.

President Biden announced he is commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 people on federal death row. That means the men won't face execution under the incoming Trump administration.

The pandemic crime spike has largely subsided — with the exception of carjacking and car thefts. Those crimes remain ...

Palestinians across Gaza say they're starving and cold without enough food or shelter. Aid groups say Israel is not letting enough supplies into Gaza. Armed gangs are also stealing aid.

If you celebrate Christmas, chances are you've adapted some traditions that were popularized in the mid-1800s by one author: Charles Dickens.

Many undocumented people are not eligible for federal financial disaster aid and several remain fearful even when help is ...