This year's single-elimination tournament will see 16 competitors face off, compared to 12 in past years. Officials report more cubs in Katmai National Park than they've seen in recent memory.

The International Rescue Committee warned that its goals of ending poverty, hunger, disease are failing. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with the IRC's president about how to reverse course.

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An informal network of dialogues at think tanks and universities is bringing together experts from the U.S. and China to talk ...

American journalist Austin Tice, who disappeared in Syria in 2012, was kidnapped in a calculated operation that was undertaken over several weeks, according to new reporting from the BBC and NPR. A ...

The 17 goals agreed upon by world leaders are incredibly ambitious. Are we even close to achieving any of them? If we don't, is the project a failure?

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Arizona Department of Transportation officials have closed a portion of Highway 160 east of Kayenta following severe flash ...

Christian Castro, a federal immigration officer, made his first court appearance in Minnesota since he was booked Wednesday ...

Human remains found in the Grand Canyon this week were those of the last remaining person missing after the deadly flash ...

Former U.S. Sen. Jon Kyl, a longtime Republican lawmaker from Arizona who shaped landmark water policies in the U.S. West has ...

The flood comes after a different deluge on Aug. 29 destroyed infrastructure and led to the deaths of three hikers.