New Zealand is a whale stranding hotspot. It's often not clear why they happen but the island nation's geography is believed ...

Foreign ministers from the world's leading industrialized nations are meeting Monday, with a certain pressure to advance ...

A judge will decide Monday whether new evidence warrants a re-examination of the convictions of Erik and Lyle Menendez in the ...

The election was free of the anti-establishment fury that has vaulted populist outsiders to power elsewhere, like the United ...

The Alpha Phi sorority and two members of Beta Alpha Omega have been charged after a student was found dead in a river after ...

The Foldscope brings a powerful science tool to schools that can't afford microscopes. Scientists use it too. Its creators ...

In Legacy of Lies, El Salvador 1981-1984, photojournalist Robert Nickelsberg documents how U.S. foreign policy fueled a ...

On-air challenge: Every answer today is the name of a famous person in which the first two letters of the first name are the ...

BEIRUT — An Israeli strike on a Lebanese army center on Sunday killed one soldier and wounded 18 others, the Lebanese ...

Actor Jimmy O. Yang plays a round of Wild Card and talks to NPR's Rachel Martin about learning how to take compliments and being afraid of oceans.

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Elizabeth Ann Kahane about her book "Come Join The Parade!!" which documents the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade through the years.

President-elect Trump's major cabinet nominations are in. Now it's up to the Senate to confirm them.