This week, we celebrate the 4th of July by revisiting some of our favorite guests of the past year, including Lauren Graham, ...

Governor Greg Abbott says the state will work day and night to find people who may be stranded and unable to call for help.

The concepts in the MingKwai typewriter underlie how Chinese, Japanese and Korean are typed today. The typewriter, patented ...

At least 24 people are dead following flooding that slammed Texas Hill Country overnight on Friday, according to officials.

Several months' worth of rain fell in Texas in just a few hours, leading to flash floods that killed at least two dozen people. With his "big, beautiful bill" now law, what's next on President Trump's ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said he wants the luxury resort on the eastern seacoast to become a "world destination," but ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with "The Jailhouse Lawyer" authors Calvin Duncan and Sophie Cull. It's a memoir about Duncan's life as a wrongly incarcerated inmate and his efforts to exonerate himself.

A new wildfire in Greece prompted evacuations in coastal areas south of Athens, as firefighters in neighboring Turkey ...

NPR stories by Sarah Asch ...

Michal Ruprecht is the AAAS Mass Media Fellow on NPR’s Science Desk, where he covers global health. He is a fourth-year ...

Author Ricky Riccardi says Armstrong's innovations as a trumpeter and vocalist helped set the entire soundtrack of the 20th century. His book about Armstrong's early life is Stomp Off, Let's Go.

Americans forfeit millions of paid days off every year. And many U.S. workers now take shorter, partial-week vacations. But ...