South Korea's intelligence agency reports that North Korea has sent 1,500 special forces troops to Russia to help Russia's war in Ukraine. And North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Un, is ratcheting up ...

Five years after the tumultuous protests in Chile demanding social and economic equality, what's left of the revolutionary spirit and desire for change?

A former US intelligence official has confirmed with NPR that highly classified US intelligence documents that appeared on a pro-Iranian site are authentic. The documents describe preparations by ...

Haitian immigrants have started families in Tijuana, learned Spanish, opened up businesses and are looking forward to a different version of the “American dream.” ...

NPR's Eric Westervelt asks former U.S. ambassador to Israel and Egypt Daniel Kurtzer about prospects for peace in Gaza.

Some researchers question the effectiveness of the ShotSpotter system and Chicago is one of the latest cities to reject the gunfire detection system.

NPR's Eric Westervelt asks Jack Herrera about the migrant workforce fueling construction in Texas. Herrera writes about it in the November issue of "Texas Monthly." ...

NPR's Eric Westervelt talks to Dr Richard Bates, a geophysicist, about the discovery of a hidden tomb in Jordan’s ancient city of Petra.

A glimpse of the efforts of the Sudanese diaspora in the US — fighting to keep the attention of the world focused on the catastrophic fallout from the war back home.

NPR's Eric Westervelt speaks with Daniel Romanchuk, a leading American wheelchair racer, as he prepares for the TCS New York City Marathon Nov. 3.

New research from Oregon State University paints a portrait of the elusive spotted skunk living in the Pacific Northwest.

With just over two weeks until Election Day and voters casting ballots now, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are making their closing arguments.