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Wildfires have always affected air quality in New England. But scientists say climate change is changing how they burn and bringing more smoke to the region.

Organizers behind the Correct The Map campaign say the Mercator map's shrinking of Africa minimizes the continent's global influence — and is just plain inaccurate.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom's press office is posting over-the-top social media content that mirrors President Trump's style. NPR asks a media and psychology expert about its effectiveness.

A California school district fights chronic absenteeism in kindergarten by helping parents decide whether their kid is too sick to go to school.

There are "blood," "super" and "blue" moons, and then there's the "black" moon. The "black moon," a rare phenomenon that occurs during a new moon phase of the lunar cycle, will occur this weekend. But ...