Outdoor enthusiast Sam Jones left Australia after posting a video of herself separating a baby wombat from its mom on a dark road. Australians are cheering her departure and worrying about the animal.

Five years after the World Health Organization declared a global pandemic, there has been progress — and backsliding in the ...

The conversation that has inflamed school board meetings around the state is finally on the local board’s agenda.

Symphony orchestra audiences aren't known for their rowdiness, but the Vice President and Second Lady Usha Vance were loudly booed by the crowd as they entered the Concert Hall Thursday night.

The Federal Trade Commission is in a "dire resource situation," a federal lawyer said on a call about its major lawsuit ...

The former Philippine president, accused of crimes against humanity over his deadly "war on drugs," spoke via video link in ...

Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender play a high-ranking spy couple in Steven Soderbergh's new film. Black Bag offers ...

As the moon moved through the shadow of the Earth, it was also being illuminated by light from the sun — causing the moon to ...

Hamas, the militant group the U.S. has labeled as terrorists, says it's willing to release the one living American hostage ...

Dorothy Thompson saw the rise of Nazi Germany as a foreign correspondent in Berlin. A new series from Radio Diaries tells the story of Thompson's career as a radio broadcaster.

Game studios have cranked out surprising hits ranging from cooperative platformers to historical epics. NPR staff and ...

Senate Democrats must choose between a government shutdown or a bill they hate, as the deadline to pass a spending bill looms ...