The Pacific-based aircraft carrier USS George Washington has begun heading toward the Middle East as reports have emerged of ...

For the fourth year in a row, the receding Mendenhall Glacier has caused a flash flood in a river that cuts through a densely populated part of Juneau, Alaska.

NPR's Michel Martin asks Abbas Milani, director of Iranian Studies at Stanford, why more Iranians are fleeing their country and whether there's a realistic path to end the U.S.-Iran war.

Israeli settlers have besieged three homes in the occupied West Bank, including one owned by a Palestinian American. U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee referred to the settlers as "terrorists." ...

Bridgers' third solo album is her account of a time in which she retreated from the public eye, reeling from the effects of ...

Some swing voters might not be quick to reject socialist political candidates. NPR observed two online focus groups of Nevada ...

On this week's episode of "Sights + Sounds Picks," Berkeley Poetry Festival Executive Director MK Chavez talk about three of ...

It's a twice-a-year injection that is remarkably effective in preventing an HIV infection. Distribution is starting. But questions are being raised about getting it to the areas that need it most.

This episode of REVISITING THE GAY LIFE is a live panel discussion about the history of queer radio with a trio of LGBTQ+ radio pioneers: Randy Alfred (The Gay Life), Chana Wilson (Radio Free Lesbian) ...

Palestinians in the West Bank have too much cash. Israeli banks refuse to accept their deposits and Palestinian authorities warn an economic breakdown is looming.

The FBI filed new charges Wednesday against a former Southern Poverty Law Center researcher, adding to an existing indictment against the civil rights organization.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to spend up to $20 million to purchase high-tech gloves that deliver electric shocks to people they're trying to detain.