The activists were sentenced to about 5 to 7 years in prison in a case widely seen as a barometer of the city's eroding freedoms as Beijing clamps down on dissent.

The rebel group took over Yemen's port of Mokha, an area vital to controlling shipping through the Red Sea, Houthi and Yemeni ...

Gillian Anderson is known for her work in X-Files and The Crown. But her role in Sex Education convinced her that she wanted to encourage women to talk about the fantasies they've kept secret.

Sing for Hope, which creates artist-decorated pianos and puts them in public spaces for everyone to enjoy, started after two Juilliard students thought about giving up performing in the wake of 9/11.

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Jacob Coxon, a former researcher at the AI company Anthropic who resigned in protest over the dangers of AI.

The faster a fire burns, the more severe its ecological impacts. That’s one of the findings of a new paper in the journal ...

Blame wildfires and hail — made more destructive by climate change — for the deteriorating insurance situation in the West.

Scientists say that August was the hottest month ever recorded globally. In the U.S., summer temperatures also shattered heat records.

If you thought this summer was hot, you were right. NOAA confirms that this summer in the contiguous U.S. has smashed previous heat records. Globally, August was the hottest month on record.

The sweeping lawsuit brought by Common Cause argues federal agencies are illegally surveilling and intimidating people who ...

As the U.S. war with Iran drags on, Iranians face increasing layoffs and a rising unemployment rate.

After a flurry of court maneuvers, the Republican redistricting of U.S. House seats in Missouri is blocked. It's a win for Democrats fighting to win control of the House — but maybe not over yet.