Health officials from Minnesota to Maine have issued alerts warning of poor air quality from wildfires burning in Canada.

A massive volcano has erupted in Russia's far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula region for the first time in centuries, just days ...

NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks with economist and demographer Dean Spears about why he thinks depopulation isn't the answer to the global climate crisis.

The Senate confirmed ex-Fox News host Jeanine Pirro as top federal prosecutor for the nation's capital, after President Trump ...

In his closing blessing for the Jubilee of Youth, Leo remembered the young people of Gaza and Ukraine and other countries ...

Pooches competed against similarly sized peers for a chance to appear in the finals. Additional heats featured multiple dogs ...

Alison Brie stars as Millie, a teacher who's ready to take the next step in her relationship: marriage. Her partner of more ...

Without a deal in hand, Republicans say they may try to change Senate rules when they return in September to speed up the ...

The materials related to the Epstein case have not been fully released. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Columbia University's Matthew Connelly about what releasing them would actually entail.

Amid a labor shortage, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz calls on Germans to work more hours. Women might hold the key, but a culture shift would be necessary.

President Trump's decision to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics after a weak jobs report, the latest round of tariffs, and details about his fallout with Jeffrey Epstein.

Chilean families are having only one child on average. U.S. birthrates are also dropping but it's unclear whether the U.S. will follow into the growing group of "very low" birthrate countries.