SILVER SPRING, Md. — About 30 miles north of Washington, D.C. is a winding road surrounded by leafy trees and lots of ...

Uranus wasn't ready for its closeup 38 years ago. I speak of the 7th planet from the Sun, and third largest in our solar ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Sahar Fetrat a researcher at Human Rights Watch, about the lives of women in Afghanistan now, as the Taliban continue to limit their presence in public life.

We look at some of President-elect Donald Trump's cabinet nominations and how his choices might distinguish his second term from his first.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with journalist Michael Lewis about the new season of his podcast "Against The Rules," which covers the rise of legal sports gambling.

We look at the efforts to broker a ceasefire between the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and Israel. Fighting has escalated between the two, pushing the conflict deeper into Lebanon.

There were no reported injuries on the plane, which was struck while preparing for takeoff, Southwest Airlines said. The ...

President-elect Donald Trump is charting a course toward a major confrontation with the Senate over confirming his Cabinet ...

Leavitt will be the youngest person to ever hold the job and is expected to deliver press briefings based on Trump's ...

The new communication between Scholz and Putin — their first since December 2022 — comes at a time of speculation about what ...

Mahamat Djouma is one of the millions displaced by the civil war in Sudan. He is part of an especially vulnerable group — ...

Federal data shows that rates of new sexually transmitted infections are slowing in the U.S. It's a rare sign of improvement that suggests prevention efforts are ...