In recent years, Catholic bishops have spent millions on campaigns to defeat abortion rights measures at the ballot box. This ...

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." ...

Former President Donald Trump circuitously referenced golfer Arnold Palmer's genitalia but more directly insulted Vice ...

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

Israeli strikes on multiple homes in the northern Gaza Strip overnight and into Sunday left at least 87 people dead or missing, the territory's Health Ministry said.

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

Arab states have mostly kept quiet over the killing of Hamas' leader by Israeli forces.

A new trove of letters and oral histories is shining a light on the successes and challenges of jailhouse lawyers, people in prison who help themselves and others navigate the legal system.

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.

Political analyst Carlos Bravo Regidor tells NPR's Eric Westervelt about Mexican Pres. Claudia Sheinbaum's policies toward drug cartels and criminal gangs.

Kamala Harris has said former President Trump is “cruel” for how he talked about the family of a Georgia mother who died ...