As climate change contributes to longer wildfire seasons and increases the likelihood of destructive fires, more people in ...

The House of Representatives approved legislation funding federal agencies through December 20. The vote comes days ahead of ...

The Taliban have been targeting thousands of Afghan National Army soldiers and police officers, accusing them of being ...

Phoenix's city council had its first public discussion of a U.S. Justice Department report alleging years of civil rights violations by Phoenix police.

Ukraine's President Volodmyr Zelensky tries to rally support at a UN distracted by the Middle East and warns Russia may be planning to attack his country's nuclear power plants.

Lebanon Health Minister Firass Abiad speaks with NPR's Juana Summers on how his hospital system is coping with some of the deadliest airstrikes the country has seen in decades.

For Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, access to water has been a struggle for years. But since last Oct. 7, ...

As Hurricane Helene continues to strengthen, local and state officials throughout Florida have activated emergency plans and ...

It is the world's largest displacement crisis: 13 million people have fled their homes in war-torn Sudan. In neighboring Chad ...

California and other states -- and some cities -- have learned a lesson: Bans on plastic bags don’t always go as planned. In ...

The Orange Is the New Black actor grew up the daughter of Nigerian immigrants in a predominantly white Massachusetts suburb.

Oran Routh, 35, was arrested after the FBI searched his home in connection with another investigation. He's been charged with ...