A massive volcano has erupted in Russia's far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula region for the first time in centuries, just days ...

Health officials from Minnesota to Maine have issued alerts warning of poor air quality from wildfires burning in Canada.

The Senate confirmed ex-Fox News host Jeanine Pirro as top federal prosecutor for the nation's capital, after President Trump ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with Puzzlemaster, Will Shortz, and KNOW listener Jon Wentz.

NPR's Sarah McCammon talks with Edward Lengel, former Chief Historian of the White House Historical Association, about President Trump's plans to build a ballroom at the White House.

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NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks with economist and demographer Dean Spears about why he thinks depopulation isn't the answer to the global climate crisis.

Without a deal in hand, Republicans say they may try to change Senate rules when they return in September to speed up the ...

Authorities were scouring a mountainous area of western Montana for a military veteran who they say opened fire at a bar in ...

Dozens of Palestinians were killed, many while waiting for food aid, amid a deepening starvation crisis and despite Israeli ...

The materials related to the Epstein case have not been fully released. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Columbia University's Matthew Connelly about what releasing them would actually entail.

BMI is still commonly used to assess obesity even though research has shown it's not necessarily a reliable metric. A new study proposes doctors instead use technology that can measure body fat.