Researchers are working to save a tortoise that has been in the American southwest for millions of years. California has moved to put extra protections in place for the Mojave Desert tortoise.

Ford announced that it will retool itsLouisville Assembly plant in Kentucky to focus on electric trucks. Their goal: To bring ...

Presidents Trump and Putin will meet in Alaska to talk about a costly Russian war involving Crimea, bringing up parallels of the circumstances that led Russia to sell Alaska to the U.S. in the 1800s.

President Trump has taken over D.C.'s police force and plans to send in National Guard troops. It's part of his plan to slash what he says is out-of-control crime, though the numbers say otherwise.

What happens when your first love and best friend dies suddenly when you're not speaking? That's the subject of Aisha Muharrar's debut novel Loved One. The author speaks with NPR's Juana Summers.

Most fourth graders in this country are not proficient in math. That was true for one rural Wisconsin elementary school until it changed the way it taught the subject.

Julie Moore and her family visited a hot springs resort years ago. When she went down the water slide, she flew off the side, and hit the water hard. Then she felt hands pulling her out of the water.

In his annual convocation on Monday, Western Kentucky University President Timothy Caboni welcomed faculty and staff back to ...

Coping with cancer and its aftermath isn't easy for anyone. But men tend to fare worse emotionally and physically. They isolate more, seek less support and, alarmingly, die earlier.

President Trump took questions from reporters about his plans to boost federal law enforcement in D.C. — and his plan to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska.

President Trump says he thinks Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to end his war on Ukraine, but will use a Friday ...

In addition to knowing safety rules — like hiking in groups of three or more, making noise, avoiding trails at dawn and dusk, and securing food trash — hikers need to carry bear spray, one canister ...