U.K. police say five men were arrested on suspicion of preparation of a terrorist act after three vehicles were spotted near an air base the U.S. military has been using to launch attacks on Iran.

In 1960, astronomer Frank Drake listened for signals from alien worlds. Reporter Brendan Byrne's podcast When We Find Them picks up the search and asks what would happen if we finally find something.

LA-based composer Charles-Henri Avelange wrote a score to honor firefighters almost 20 years ago. After last year's wildfires in Los Angeles, he's made headway in finally recording it.

The U.S. military formally ends a more than two-decade-long presence in Iraq this week. NPR National Correspondent Debbie Elliott can be heard telling stories from her native South.

A University of Maryland farm manager explains why Swiss chard and garlic are good choices for a home garden this fall.

In Laleh Khadivi's new novel "Female Life on Planet Earth", a woman finds photographs that reveal unknown layers of her late mother's past.

A spate of mass shootings in three major South African cities killed nearly 40 people this week, with such incidents ...

The Trump administration wants to stop asking about race and ethnicity on the next U.S. Census. Since 1790, the topic has been used to exclude people of color, and, more recently, for inclusion.

Conceived with both donor eggs and sperm, a woman tracked down her genetic relatives on both sides and discovered two new families.

We look at the latest on the nor'easter lashing the U.S. East Coast this weekend, with heavy rains and powerful winds.

Tech companies are betting that people will connect with AI using something other than smartphones. Meta is going all-in on glasses, after launching its new AI agent Muse.

Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Bobby Finger and Lindsey Weber, co-hosts of the podcast "Who? Weekly," who have written a new book about celebrity called "I Want to Be Famous." ...