NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to University of Texas engineering professor Hugh Daigle about why the U.S. imports most of the oil it consumes despite being one of the world's largest oil exporters.

Researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution have uncovered the oldest known recording of whale song. And it reveals a noisier soundscape of today's oceans.

After RFK Jr. began overhauling the CDC, Colorado has taken vaccine policy into its own hands. It's going to follow the scientific recommendations of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

New executive order puts J.D. Vance in charge of task force investigating benefit fraud in California and other states. Also, ...

She's gone on to play for the Detroit Symphony for 40 years, found her own record label-High Heel Records, and also start a ...

City considers naming changes following abuse allegations. Plus, we'll check in with a Chavez biographer. Also, new general manager begins at Nevada County radio station. Finally, the national sport ...

An analysis by The California Newsroom — a collaborative of public media outlets, including NPR — found over 65 locations in ...

A small Tennessee town hopes to stop the construction of a facility that has a federal contract to refine depleted uranium into a metallic form the government needs to build nuclear weapons.

In one example, the California Federation of Labor Unions endorsed four candidates for governor, making the move ‘worthless,’ ...

By: Casey Rafter, Solving Sacramento . Water seeped into my clothes as I waded into Dry Creek: I was fully awake, dressed ...

After a week of striking and a year of bargaining, the Natomas Unified School District and Natomas Teachers Association have ...

A jury has found Elon Musk liable for misleading investors by deliberately driving down Twitter's stock price in the tumultuous months leading up to his 2022 acquisition of the social media company ...