This week, NASA announced it had shut down one of that spacecraft's remaining science instruments — not because the mission ...

The Mariana is a 145-foot dry cargo vessel registered in the U.S. It suffered engine failure Wednesday as a massive typhoon ...

South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff says the launches happened on Sunday morning from the North's eastern Sinpo area.

Advocates pushed Michigan lawmakers to address racial differences in maternal healthcare this week. The activism is part of ...

A gunman has killed six people and injured at least 14 in a mass shooting in Ukraine's capital before he was shot and killed ...

Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in Minnesota is filled with more than a thousand lakes and rivers. But a recent vote in congress to allow mining nearby could threaten the preserve's waterways.

An 82-year-old Virginia senator raising the stakes, an Indiana consensus builder and a Texas enforcer are among state officials who have shaped the course of the midterm redistricting race.

A ceasefire in the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon is fragile while the one between the U.S. and Iran is more stable.

Researchers used a Japanese poet's diary to track solar events that took place over 800 years ago.

We remember Kevin Klose, former NPR president, who helped secure financial stability for the network while supporting and ...