As polar ice melts in the Arctic, shipping lanes are opening up, making the region a new zone of superpower competition.

Discover the legend of the banshee, the wailing fairy of Celtic folklore, and explore the ancient Irish traditions of keening ...

Tens of thousands of miles of walls without mortar were used to create boundaries around Ireland's ancient fields.

The Halloween holiday we know has ancient origins that explain why we dress up in costumes and go door-to-door for treats.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has a sit-down interview with NPR as Russia's full-scale invasion nears the 5-year ...

Factory workers in India are being asked to wear GoPros to record the way they do their jobs. The ultimate goal is to train ...

Organized criminal rings target SNAP recipients because of the government program's outdated security features. But upgrading the tech costs money and states' SNAP budgets are getting squeezed.

Kansas voters could send a Democrat to the Senate for the first time in nearly a century — and flip the governor's office back to Republican control, even in what could be a tough year for the GOP.

For many election cycles, civil rights groups and political parties have fanned out to monitor polling places, but the charged midterm environment has many organizations stepping up efforts this year.

For years, customers have complained of aggressive sales tactics and charges at mall skincare stores. NPR investigated the business that connects many of them.

Pope Leo XIV had surgery on Tuesday to remove a cancerous growth in his lung, the Vatican announced.

Six Democratic and six Republican senators wrote a letter calling on President Trump to withdraw from his recent deal with ...