State agencies are likely to face more cuts in the upcoming fiscal year that begins July 1 because of spending requirements ...

For more than 80 years, residents of Mississippi’s Yazoo Backwater have been banking on a pumping project to protect their ...

In order to make its sophisticated products cheaply, Apple sent engineers to China to train workers and paid for expensive ...

The Pew report reveals how religious disaffiliation and population growth have influenced the global religious landscape.

Cowboy boots and fishnets might not feel like a natural pairing. But at this weekly queer line dancing night in New York City, that's almost the uniform.

Those who've been advocating for women deacons in the Catholic Church are taking stock of the possibility under the papacy of Pope Leo XIV.

Amid ongoing raids in Los Angeles, many immigrants are afraid to leave their homes. We hear what that's looking like from residents, workers and business owners in the San Fernando Valley.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with addiction correspondent Brian Mann about the drop in overdose deaths among teens and young adults in the U.S.

Lost and tucked away in a private collection for over 150 years, one of J.M.W. Turner's earliest oil paintings has been rediscovered.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with retired U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Walter Gaskin about President Trump's activation of Marines and what comes with following orders on American streets.

The rally was a response to the 12 countries President Donald Trump put a travel ban on that went into effect that morning.

Sometimes all it takes to make your day a little brighter is to remind yourself just how dark life can get. Here are four ...