In the nearly 250-year history of the United States, English had never been designated as the nation's official language.

Mardi Gras can make a lot of trash, adding up to millions of pounds each year. Now, some parades in New Orleans are cutting down on their environmental footprint by banning plastic beads.

Four years after a winter storm led to a massive power blackout in Texas, a podcast examines the role the state's natural gas system played in the disaster.

One day after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's tense meeting with President Trump, Ukrainians worry about what the Oval Office clash means for their country's future.

Michele Kelemen has been with NPR for two decades, starting as NPR's Moscow bureau chief and now covering the State Department and Washington's diplomatic corps. Her reports can be heard on all NPR ...

Militants from the Kurdistan Workers' Party have declared a ceasefire, in what may represent a significant political ...

Up to 3,000 additional troops have been ordered to the U.S.-Mexico border by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, the latest in ...

Dr. Francis Collins is leaving the National Institutes of Health, where he served as director from 2009 to 2021. The agency ...

Immigration authorities are making more arrests than they did under President Biden. But the Department of Homeland ...

Leaders from across Europe came quickly to the defense of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, after his televised clash ...

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey commuted the death sentence of Robin "Rocky" Myers to life in prison, saying there were enough ...

Eileen and James Kramer were fired from their jobs at Lake Clark National Park in Alaska, even though they both recently ...