The January midair collision near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, which killed 67 people, is the topic of a ...

One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck Russia's Far East early Wednesday, sending tsunami waves into Japan and Hawaii and across the Pacific.

A new study from Oxford University finds that a common European songbird sometimes divorces its partner between breeding seasons.

The Federal Reserve is expected to leave its benchmark interest rate unchanged, but a rate cut is possible in September. President Trump has been urging the central bank to lower borrowing costs.

As he winds down his podcast after 16 years, Maron reflects on what he'll miss: "These conversations are very real ...

Many people feel that finding a lifelong partner can require a good bit of luck...but can the same be said for lifelong healthcare? Brittany is joined by Maris Kreizman, author of I Want to Burn This ...

Millions of people in the world today face starvation in Gaza and in other parts of the world, from Sudan to Yemen. What ...

We don't just mean literary sorcery by which words summon worlds for readers, but also literal, honest-to-goodness magic: ...

Three months after militants killed 26 tourists at a scenic meadow in the Himalayas, India said on Tuesday that its security forces had found and killed three gunmen behind the massacre.

Susan Monarez is the first director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to require Senate confirmation. She's also the first director without a medical degree in more than 70 years.

The gunman accused of walking into a Park Avenue skyscraper in Manhattan and killing four people suspected he had chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE — a degenerative brain disease often ...

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with Middle East expert Jon Alterman about a United Nations conference to advance a two-state solution as a way toward peace between Israel and Palestinians.