Until now, estimating how old a dinosaur was when it died has been a fairly simple process: Count up the growth rings in the ...

White House Border Czar Tom Homan says 700 federal agents will be leaving Minnesota after months of aggressive immigration enforcement, protests, and the killing of two U.S. citizens by federal agents ...

Melinda French Gates has been through some painful and public transitions — ending her marriage of 27 years, stepping away from the foundation she built with her ex-husband Bill Gates and turning her ...

Backed by a band and choir, Pastor John P. Kee transforms the Tiny Desk into an old, wood-floored country church.

A month after Maduro's ousting, Venezuela's Interim leader walks a tightrope between US demands and Chavista hardliners' expectations.

The Olympics are a symbol of international cooperation and peace. The U.S. was once seen as a bastion of that order, but historians say it enters this year's Winter Games with a very different image.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Iranian director Jafar Panahi after one of the co-writers of his Oscar-nominated film, "It Was Just An Accident," was arrested for criticizing the regime.

New Jersey voters head to the polls for one of the year's first congressional primaries. WNYC's Mike Hayes discusses the special election for the House seat left open by now-Gov. Mikie Sherrill.

The last major arms control treaty between Russia and the U.S. will expire on Thursday.

In Washington state, over 400 homes were destroyed or sustained major damage from historic flooding in December. We hear about what recovery looks like and how people are thinking about future flood ...

Are the world's superpowers back in an arms race now that the new START treaty has expired? NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with arms control expert Rose Gottemoeller.

OneCourt is a handheld device that gives blind and low-vision fans a new way to experience live events like the Super Bowl. A look at how the haptic tool puts the game at their fingertips.