The war in Iran has pushed global oil prices higher, which boosts oil company revenues. But major U.S. oil companies aren't ...

A new study finds that a megatsunami in Alaska pushed water more than 1,500 feet up the sides of a fjord near Juneau. Researchers say more monitoring is needed to prevent future catastrophes.

This year's winner in NPR's College Podcast Challenge is a letter to a grandparent that grapples with health issues including ...

Across six locations in Indonesia, NPR spoke with locals about how nickel mining is changing the land and daily life. It's ...

The remarks contrast with Border Czar Tom Homan's softer messaging earlier this year, after two U.S. citizens were killed by ...

About 40 passengers on a cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak previously disembarked on the South Atlantic island of St.

Jonathan Pollard, a former U.S. intelligence analyst who served 30 years for spying for Israel, says he will run in upcoming Israeli elections.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with former U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See Miguel Diaz about Secretary of State Marco Rubio's visit to the Vatican.

Americans are deeply divided, but if there's one topic where they agree, it's that lawmakers in Congress are too old. That's one takeaway from a new NPR/PBS News/Marist Poll.

The Alabama Legislature has spent the week debating the state's congressional maps. Democratic lawmakers have argued their voting powers are being diluted because of a Supreme Court ruling.

Campaign staffers are turning private polling data into personal paydays. They describe election prediction market as a "Wild West" for staffers.

President Trump has signed off on a new U.S. counterterrorism strategy that sets eliminating drug cartels in the Western ...