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Operation Lone Star is intended to deter illegal migration. It's also taking a toll on some of the Texas National Guardsmen tasked with enfo...

Twenty years ago, a tsunami devastated coastal communities along the Indian Ocean. NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks with Margarettha Siregar, who...

Among the vast destruction of buildings in Gaza, some historically valuable and irreplaceable sites are now in ruins. In a story we first br...

The Mega Millions prize has now grown to an estimated $1.15 billion, which could be the fifth-largest jackpot in the game's history.(Image c...

It wasn't until this week that Congress passed a law making the bald eagle the official U.S. bird. And one man spearheaded the effort to get...

Pope Francis in his traditional Christmas message urged "all people of all nations" to find courage "to silence the sounds of arms and overc...

Street gangs forced the General Hospital in Port-au-Prince to close earlier this year. As journalists gathered to cover its reopening, suspe...

In the Transcarpathia region, some locals embrace a traditional lifestyle and cultural identity. After surviving Soviet threats, now they fe...

The longtime pilot of the only Ohio River ferry in West Virginia is retiring. We'll take a ride with him.

In Sudan, the severity of famine has worsen, according to hunger experts who say the country is experiencing one of the worst starvation cri...

He wants to give hope to the tens of thousands of Ukrainians who have lost limbs since Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine.(Image credit: Oksa...

NPR's A Martinez and Steve Inskeep answer holiday trivia questions from "Southern Living Magazine" senior editor Betsy Cribb Watson.

In Syria, some Christians aren't decorating their homes or putting up Christmas trees because they fear retaliation from rebels.

Community leaders in Stubenville, Ohio, celebrate the holidays by decorating main street with hundreds of giant nutcrackers. The Christmas...

An Azerbaijani airliner has crashed in the Kazakhstani city of Aktau with 30 people likely dead and at least 28 survivors, according to Kaz...

Shot and severely injured while visiting family in Vermont in 2023, Hisham Awartani grapples with his recovery in the U.S., and the unfoldin...

Norway is the largest exporter of salmon in the world. And while some of those fish are wild-caught, many are raised in "fish farms"- large...

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Sister Mary Scullion, the co-founder, executive director and president of Project H.O.M.E. about stepping down...

More than 7,000 people had taken shelter in the Rukban camp, near the border with Jordan, many of whom fled the regime and ISIS attacks almo...

Starbucks' union says workers are walking off the job at some 300 — out of over 10,000 — stores across the U.S. as contract negotiations fal...

American Airlines passengers across the U.S. endured a sudden disruption of service on Christmas Eve as a "technical issue" forced the airli...

Foreign-born scientists may face challenges working in the U.S. during President-elect Donald Trump's second term. And, cooking tips for the...

NPR visits a secret drone command center near the front lines in eastern Ukraine, where crews are using remote-controlled aircraft to hunt R...

The northern California coast is home to the tallest trees in the world, but a rivalry over who has the tallest decorated tree is brewing.

Advocates and relatives of people in prison say they're facing lockdowns that hit hard during the holidays.