As a classics professor, Beard has spent her career pondering life in the ancient world. The central question of her latest ...

The Biden administration previously said doctors examined the president "days" following the debate, not in the moments after ...

Writer Julia Elliott has won this year's Carol Shields Prize for Ficti. The award honors work by women and nonbinary authors ...

With outdoor workers in mind and as the summer months approach, lawmakers in Harrisburg wrestled with whether the ...

A decade ago, Michigan had high rates of parents not vaccinating their children, so it required them to attend an in-person ...

GOP leaders and unions say they’re open to the plan. But some environmental groups argue it’s too deferential to developers.

Ukrainian drones hit targets outside St. Petersburg on Wednesday after Russia launched one of its largest offensive campaigns in the four-year war against Kyiv and other major cities. NPR’s Polina ...

This year's hurricane season begins with concerns that there are staffing issues at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), an agency that President Trump has targeted for changes.

When times are dark, many people find comfort from watching happy movies or listening to upbeat music. But some relish in darker stuff: horror, war, illness or suffering. That’s what makes them feel ...

President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began the war on Iran together, and now the relationship is under strain. Here & Now ‘s Scott Tong speaks with Michael Koplow, chief ...

It's been a chaotic scramble to find the new leader of California. After former Vice President Kamala Harris decided not to run, there hasn't been a clear candidate to pick up from Gov. Gavin Newsom.

O'Farrell's new novel is based on the story of her own great, great-grandfather, and tells the story of a father and son mapping 19th-century Ireland after the devastation of the Great Famine.