Pope Francis named 21 new cardinals Sunday, significantly increasing the size of the College of Cardinals who will one day ...

An Israeli airstrike hit a mosque in central Gaza early Sunday. Israeli planes also lit up the skyline across the southern ...

We look at how the possibility of the U.S. getting drawn into a wider conflict in the Middle East could affect the ...

We look at the uptick in fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon after and overnight Israeli strike in Beirut.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with an Israeli displaced in the wake of the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks. Guy Becker discusses how life in ...

Chestnut trees began disappearing from eastern deciduous forests in the U.S. almost a century ago due to a nasty fungus. That ...

To reach isolated communities in western North Carolina, officials rely on volunteers to rescue people and deliver aid.

It's been almost a year since Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7th. We look at how that conflict has grown. This news story is ...

The child tax credit passed by Congress at the height of the pandemic has expired, but states and other local jurisdictions ...

We look at local effort by kayakers to clean up the Anacostia River, which is polluted with trash and debris. This news story ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with musician Thurston Moore about his new album, "Flow Critical Lucidity." This news story is ...

Could this weekend's election in Tunisia sound the death knell for democracy in its third presidential election since the ...