In the decades before emancipation, some North Country residents advocated for the end of slavery at a time when it wasn’t a ...

Multiple hikers, a paddler, and a member of a trail crew all required help from Forest Rangers in the Adirondacks last week.

While some enslaved people did not know about Lincoln's order, many learned of it while the fighting was still ongoing ...

After a week of the World Cup, visitors to the U.S. are marveling on social media about things like free drink refills. It's ...

Labour's Andy Burnham, the current mayor of Greater Manchester, has won a special election for a seat in Parliament that puts ...

The latest attack brings the number of people who have been killed in boat strikes by the U.S. military to at least 211 since ...

What does freedom mean today?Happy Juneteenth! For those not in the know, today commemorates when U.S. federal troops arrived ...

Here's a look at the preliminary agreement between the U.S. and Iran, and the challenges that remain to find lasting peace.

The left winger Pulisic was key to the Americans' fluid and effective attack in last week's win over Paraguay. But he was ...

A trio of Senate Republicans are on their way out of Congress. Each has previously drawn President Trump's scorn and now each ...

The war in Iran was a costly blunder, according to Wisconsin swing voters who participated in two online focus groups that NPR observed.

Expect unsettled weather through the weekend, bringing rising waters and some of the coolest temperatures we’ve seen in a ...