With a ceasefire in place, Hezbollah wants to rebuild Lebanon. But its supply chains across Syria have been weakened by ...

The British actor and singer played abolitionist Harriet Tubman in Harriet, and Aretha Franklin in Genius: Aretha. Now she's defying gravity as Elphaba in Wicked. Originally broadcast Oct. 18, 2021.

Why universities are advising international students to return before Inauguration Day. And, the last NPR news quiz of the ...

People in Syria are looking for their relatives and friends in prisons, hospitals and morgues. The U.N. estimates over a 100,00 people have gone missing in Syria under the Assad regime.

Researcher Kari Leibowitz traveled to places with some of the harshest winters on Earth to understand how people thrive in ...

The gene-editing technique is effective for treating some illnesses but it's been too expensive to consider it for rare ...

Russia launched a massive aerial attack against Ukraine on Friday as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described it as ...

Research shows K-12 students in different states spend wildly different amounts of time in school, and suggests the nation's schools could be much better about using the learning time they do have.

The governors of New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming assess President-elect Donald Trump's incoming agenda -- from energy to immigration.

Who or what died? Who or what broke up? Why so many bears? And what color IS "brat green," anyway? Test yourself in this year ...

The United States Postal Service (USPS) advises that the earlier you mail your items — greeting cards, packages and other ...

In Washington, D.C., a tax on residents earning more than $250,000 a year is boosting the wages of child care workers. Two ...