A grandmother looking for her lost cat apparently fell into a sinkhole that had recently opened above an abandoned western ...

Israel's military has imposed a curfew and created a no-go zone where villagers are prohibited from going home to villages across southern Lebanon. NPR speaks to residents inside.

On the first trip of his Presidency to Africa, President Biden went to the National Slavery museum to remember the hundreds of thousands of enslaved Africans taken from Angola to the U.S.

The gene-editing technique known as CRISPR is promising to revolutionize medicine. Some researchers are trying to help make it available for people with very rare genetic disorders.

As China's economy plateaus and social inequality widens, perceptions that people's lives can only improve in China are fading.

Nearly all toys sold in the U.S. are imported -- mostly from China. Toys were largely spared from tariffs during Trump's first term. But toymakers and their customers may not be so lucky next year.

Fabienne Josaphat, author of Kingdom of No Tomorrow, talks with NPR's Ari Shapiro about the Black Panther movement, and its significance inside the U.S., and to Haitian people.

The new agreement will help Trump officials on agency landing teams access classified information needed to prepare to take ...

French Prime Minister Michel Barnier made a last-ditch attempt to rally support for his government. Far left and far right members of parliament are preparing to bring it down in a no confidence vote.

A judge in Delaware has for the second time struck down a compensation package for Elon Musk after a Tesla shareholder filed ...

Russia's president and senior Kremlin officials financed and facilitated the transport of at least 314 Ukrainian children ...

The sale of an iconic building has led to questions about a beloved holiday tradition. WDIY’s James Zipprodt explains.