The federal government announced a settlement with Marathon Oil for alleged air quality violations at the company's oil and ...

A first-of-its-kind study found lead, arsenic and other heavy metals in various tampon brands, but didn't link them to ...

Senate Democrats met Thursday with top campaign staff to President Biden in an effort to allay concerns about Biden's ability ...

The appearance of hundreds of whales was amazing, rower Tom Waddington said. But when one slammed into his boat, "suddenly it ...

With a skin sample from a 52,000-year-old woolly mammoth, scientists are gaining new insights into what made the animals tick ...

The U.S. Constitution requires a president to be 35 or older, but only a lower age limit exists. There has never been an ...

North Carolina state superintendent candidate Michele Morrow has made protecting students central to her campaign. The ...

Fireflies actually spend most of their lives in the larval stage before they grow into the adult form that we think of as ...

Philanthropists Eric and Wendy Schmidt have given NPR a $5.5 million grant to invest in regional newsrooms – an infusion of ...

At least two people were bitten by sharks in Florida this week, including a 14-year-old boy who accidentally dove into one of ...

Mecklenburg's main jail uptown continues to struggle to make safety checks on inmates. Another federal lawsuit accuses ...

Health-care facilities have been under attack by both sides in Sudan’s year-long civil war. Aid groups are trying to shore up ...