The pigeon population has exploded — a result of people feeding the birds. For some it's a holy duty and a way to connect to ...

Earlier, a group of soldiers had appeared on Benin 's state TV Sunday to announce the dissolution of the government in an ...

From 400-year-old globes to cosmic funeral shrouds, how the Osher Map Library in Maine shows people that maps aren't just for ...

The group, which called itself the Military Committee for Refoundation, on Sunday announced the removal of the president and ...

At least 25 people, including tourists, were killed in a fire at a popular nightclub in India's Goa state, the state's chief ...

Forty-four death row inmates across the U.S. have been executed this year, reaching a level not seen in more than a decade.

With air traffic controllers in the news lately, NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Emily Hanoka, a former controller who retired earlier this year, about the stresses and sacrifices involved in the work.

Residents of the growing town of Eagle, Idaho, are encountering a nuisance usually associated with big cities: swarms of rats ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks UN Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher about his recent visit to Sudan.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Wall Street Journal reporter Katie Bindley about Waymo self-driving vehicles and recent changes to how assertively they navigate traffic.

The Trump administration, which has railed against what it describes as "woke" policies, removed MLK Day and Juneteenth from ...

Waymo is issuing a software recall for its self-driving cars after reports the company's autonomous vehicles failed to stop ...