New federal rules mean Arizona will be getting a lot less water from the Colorado river. City leaders say they've been planning for years and no one will run out, but keeping taps flowing is expensive ...

Four days after catastrophic floods wiped out villages along the Nepal-China border, thousands are still missing. Families look for answers but hear nothing.

The tour-bus-sized telescope aims to unravel cosmic mysteries and identify more than 100,000 planets beyond our solar system.

Dolly Parton's songs traveled far beyond Nashville. Across Africa, musicians embraced her stories of hardship, heartbreak and ...

Tariffs continue to rile all kinds of American businesses more than a year after Trump unveiled his first set of tariffs — ...

Authorities in Nepal warned of possible fresh flooding on Sunday and urged residents in flood-affected districts to remain on ...

The vote against the EU led by 52.8 percent with nearly all votes counted, according to RÚV, Iceland's broadcaster.

A charity built 96 bridges to connect communities separated by rivers and gorges. A new study looks at the life-changing ...

Yesterday, a federal judge handed down a big win for the AI company Anthropic. It ruled the Pentagon could not designate Anthropic a supply chain risk, a label that would have cost it business beyond ...

Each week, a guest draws a card from NPR's Wild Card deck and answers a big question about their life. Brittany Howard has collaborated with everyone from John Legend to Miley Cyrus. She also has a ...

For the 19th week, country singer Ella Langley has the No. 1 song on the Billboard Hot 100, but there is a huge shake-up at the top of this week's albums chart. Stephen Thompson of NPR Music has more.

Iran's government has stepped up its scare tactics. According to the United Nations, executions have surged over the last six ...