This week, Wait Wait is live in Chicago with host Peter Sagal, special guest Caro Claire Burke and panelists Karen Chee, ...

President Trump's beautification project of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has become plagued with a robust algae bloom, despite a $14 million investment and a coating of "American flag blue." ...

Loons, beloved American waterbirds, face threats from climate change and pollution. An oil spill settlement funds a new phone app helping non-scientists to aid research on these birds.

Scottish soccer fans have taken over Boston to watch the World Cup. The Tartan Army, as they are called, brought their Scottish traditions with them: Kilts, bagpipes and lots of drinking.

With his latest album U, Baauer aims to inject good vibes into the world. It's a sunny collage of disco, house, breakbeats and more, influenced by the sounds of 2000s dance music.

"Italy and I do not beg," Meloni said in a video rebuke posted on social media Friday. Italy's top diplomat, meanwhile, said ...

Teen movies like She's the He, Girls Like Girls and Leviticus are all turning tropes on their heads by centering queer ...

No one can blame you for getting lost in the fight over the Iron Throne. Here's our cheat sheet ahead of House of the ...

Here's a look at the preliminary agreement between the U.S. and Iran, and the challenges that remain to find lasting peace.

After a week of the World Cup, visitors to the U.S. are marveling on social media about things like free drink refills. It's ...

A document from the Department of Homeland Security outlines plans to issue local police facial recognition technology used ...

While some enslaved people did not know about Lincoln's order, many learned of it while the fighting was still ongoing through informal networks, rumors and sometimes from slaveholders themselves.