The International Court of Justice has ruled that nations are legally obligated to respond to climate change. The case was brought by a small island nation that faces an existential threat.

When Congress approved a Trump administration plan to take back $9 billion in funds for public media and foreign aid, just one program was spared: the U.S.'s HIV/AIDS initiative, or PEPFAR.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he will heed protesters angry about his new anti-corruption policy. Joanna Kakissis is a foreign correspondent based in Kyiv, Ukraine, where she reports poignant ...

Why are some songbirds so brightly colored? A new study finds that a hidden layer of black and white feathers help their colors pop.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with mycologist Aishwarya Veerabahu about the rapid spread of golden oyster mushrooms across North America. It's the subject of a new study authored by Veerabahu.

President Trump had called for the release of grand jury testimony related to Epstein. Two judges in New York also are ...

Searches: Selfhood in the Digital Age is about how tech is helping and exploiting us. Vauhini Vara analyzed the feedback AI gave her to explore the abilities, shortcomings and biases of the chatbot.

CBS canceled Stephen Colbert's late night show last week. By not appreciating, defending and nurturing The Late Show Paramount is muzzling its best voices, and diluting its own broadcast future.

An Idaho judge sentenced Bryan Kohberger to four consecutive terms of life in prison for the 2022 stabbing murders, weeks ...

A new study reports on a novel way to short-circuit the parasite that spreads the disease so people wouldn't get infected with a mosquito's bite.

A Louisville judge has issued temporary protections for unionizing renters facing alleged retaliation as the Louisville ...

In the four months since it sent more than 230 Venezuelan men to a prison in El Salvador, the Trump administration has ...