Thunderstorms with high winds could make it more difficult to contain a massive wildfire that has scorched parts of southern ...

Memphis police say National Guard troops fired their weapons in the early morning hours of July 5th, killing a man who was ...

U.S. soccer star Folarin Balogun has had his World Cup ban suspended by FIFA, making him free to play in the United States' ...

Women make up a miniscule 3% of construction workers in Kenya. But a nonprofit group is offering them a way to get into the ...

The husband of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was involved in a hit-and-run in California that left a parked car with ...

A pastor of a prominent underground church who was detained in China in October has been released, less than two months after ...

President Trump lauded America's storied history on Saturday night in a speech marking the 250th anniversary of its ...

Families will be heading to the beach for the summer. But how do you build an epic sandcastle? NPR's Scott Simon asks sand sculptor, Dean Arscott, for some tips.

Now a year since catastrophic flooding in neighboring parts of the Texas Hill Country, two communities have taken two very different paths to recovery.

These include two high-profile gun laws and protections for the LGBTQ community that push back against a recent Supreme Court ...

LOW CUT CONNIE: (Singing) Ain't got no shoes. Ain't got no clothes. Throwing our phones down a toilet bowl. Get down. Pretty, pretty get down (ph). SIMON: That's "Get Down" from Low Cut Connie's new ...

NPR's Scott Simon asks Kathleen Rooney about her book, "Man Overboard!," and about finding the energy to overcome doubt.