Lt. Cmdr. Lyndsay “Miley” Evans and Lt. Serena “Dug” Wileman were both 31 and from California, and recently served nine ...

As Samantha Hodge-Williams waited on the operating table for emergency surgery, she felt alone and scared. Then the ...

The scan uses a football-sized device called The Orb to collect people’s biometric data. The idea is to create a way to identify all humans. The company has dealt with bans in several countries.

A Taiwanese opera troupe prepares a lavish, multi-day performance - for the gods.

The Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America, which helps members get affordable mortgages, says its 3.7 million ...

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Pennsylvania's top elections official, Al Schmidt, about how the commonwealth is preparing for the Election Day vote count.

Skybar, one of Beirut's most popular nightclubs, has turned into a shelter for hundreds of displaced people who've fled Israeli airstrikes across Lebanon in recent weeks.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with philosopher James Brusseau of Pace University about the ethics of creating and using artificial intelligence chat bots using a person's voice.

Russian President Vladimir Putin hosts leaders from many of the world’s fastest developing economies at a summit this week.

It's been 20 years since the tobacco quota, which guaranteed prices for the crop, was outlawed. Since then the number of farms growing tobacco in Kentucky has shrunk by 96%.

Fethullah Gulen, an Islamist preacher widely believed to be behind a failed 2016 coup in his native Turkey, has died at age 83. He was once a powerful figure in Turkey.

A federal court in Louisiana is weighing whether a state law requiring the Ten Commandments be displayed in public schools is constitutional.