Hundreds of thousands of Sudanese refugees have fled to Chad, where they're facing increasingly difficult conditions as their presence strains local resources and humanitarian aid organizations.
New data samples from the Wuhan market points to an intermingling of SARS-CoV-2, raccoon dogs and humans. The authors of a new paper say it bolsters the animal origin theory. Other researchers object.
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Regina Barber and Emily Kwong of Short Wave about "scuba-diving" lizards, a trick to turn a mouse's skin transparent and whether finger counting helps kids' math skills.
Ryan Routh, the alleged apparent would-be assassin of Donald Trump, has a complex and confusing past. He spent more than half of his life in Greensboro, N.C., and had many legal run-ins.
In Lebanon, hospitals are still dealing with a crush of patients maimed by exploding pagers and walkie-talkies this week. Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has vowed retaliation.
Harrison Patrick Smith’s debut album as The Dare, What’s Wrong With New York, fuses pop, rock and electro, and his music has drawn comparisons to the sounds of New York in the 2000s.
A lawsuit accuses Miley Cyrus and others of duplicating a song by Bruno Mars in order to create her hit "Flowers." A closer look reveals a legal strategy driven by a bigger trend in music business.
Life in Lebanon was already difficult due to the ongoing economic crisis and simmering tensions along its southern border. After the attacks using exploding devices, fear is taking on a new shape.
The Land Back Movement is an effort by native Americans to reclaim lost land. Two reporters take a look at where it’s worked and where it hasn’t at reservations in Minnesota.
Congress is running out of time to avert a government shutdown. House Republicans will put up a partisan proposal that does not even have enough votes within their own party.
In Lebanon, funerals took place for a dozen people killed by exploding pagers targeting Hezbollah — but as they buried their dead, more electronic devices blew up, claiming yet more lives.
The political advantage Trump enjoyed on the issue of age has been reversed. That was on display at the presidential debate with Vice President Harris.
A report shows rapid development of new cancer treatment and detection is helping people live longer. But more people are also getting diagnosed, and at younger ages.
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Haitian Times founder and former New York Times staffer Garry Pierre-Pierre about the lies spewed by Trump and Vance around Haitian Americans and immigrants, and the fallout.
With the Fed’s cut to interest rates, high-yield savings accounts won’t yield quite so much. For recent homebuyers, it might also be time to think about refinancing.
Private companies have handled many of Philadelphia's forced evictions. But after several evictions resulted in injury, insurance companies who covered the eviction business are walking away.
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Lyndsay Rush, the poet behind @maryoliversdrunkcousin on Instagram, on how she went from not liking poetry to publishing her debut book of poems, A BIT MUCH.
For the first time in more than a decade, overdose deaths are falling sharply in the U.S. Experts say the improvement is so dramatic they're unsure why it's happening - but they're looking for clues.
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters, a union of 1.3 million workers, will not endorse Vice President Harris or former President Donald Trump for president, after decades of backing Democrats.