More than 350,000 American kids are now wards of the state — that means the government has assumed the parental role for ...

These devices expose users to higher levels of toxic metals like lead than previous e-cigarettes and regular cigarettes.

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the ...

The Senate is debating the rescissions package to take back funding that Congress has already approved for international aid and public broadcasting. Here & Now‘s Robin Young speaks with NPR’s David ...

Chronic flooding has forced people in southern Illinois to return farmland to the Mississippi’s floodplain, and to reflect on what it means to live with the river. Here & Now ‘s Chris Bentley reports.

Tuesday night's Major League Baseball All-Star Game was won by the National League in a first-ever home run swingoff.

Budget airline Avelo is closing down its West Coast operations. Another low-cost carrier, Breeze, is also struggling to take off.

Sayfollah Musallet, a U.S. citizen from Tampa, Florida, was killed while he was visiting family in the West Bank.

Here & Now ‘s Asma Khalid speaks with Grist and Blue Ridge Public Radio reporter Katie Myers about what factors may be leading to the population decline in fireflies and what little changes people can ...

The strike came as clashes continued in the southern Syrian city of Sweida after a ceasefire between government forces and ...

The Senate voted by a razor-thin margin late Tuesday to advance debate on a package of funding cuts requested by President ...

The small plastic instrument has long been the go-to instrument in elementary schools. But it is capable of so much more than ...