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Microsoft is officially pulling the plug on perhaps the most-hated web browser that once dominated the competition. Internet Explorer will be put to rest in the summer of 2022.

The Palm Springs City Council took the first step in approving funding for two organizations to develop a universal basic income pilot program that prioritizes trans and nonbinary residents.

Joe Biden and Republicans in Congress cannot agree on a path forward to avoid debt default even though Americans want to raise the debt ceiling without cutting spending, according to a new NPR poll.

A virus first identified in December has altered daily life and public spaces around the globe. These images capture scenes from this unnerving era.

Citing climate change and the need to cut carbon emissions, California is extending the life of the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant.

Joe Morrison, Pete Musico and Paul Bellar were found guilty of providing "material support" for a terrorist act as members of a paramilitary group.

The new short-term rental registration law, which will go into effect next month, could take thousands of Airbnb listings off the market.

With a new conservative Supreme Court justice likely to be seated, only 17 percent of poll respondents say they want the landmark abortion ruling overturned, a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds.

The spacecraft took off on board a satellite launch vehicle from the Sriharikota space center in southern India on a quest to study the sun from a point about 930,000 miles from earth, known as L-1.

The number of people infected by the coronavirus in some of Brazil's poorest and most vulnerable neighborhoods could be 30 times higher than the officially registered count, according to researchers.

Alabama has set a January execution date for what would be the nation's first attempt to put an inmate to death using nitrogen gas.

The grim news of the mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine — and a spate of shootings over the weekend — has again cast a spotlight on the gun violence death rate in the U.S..

Instead of drifting gently onto Mars' surface, the Schiaparelli Mars lander hit the planet hard — and possibly exploded, the European Space Agency says.

The investigation and prosecution of major criminal offenses now shifts to independent prosecutors in a bid to strengthen the accountability of the military justice system.

The Smithsonians, National Gallery of Art and other sites that receive federal funding are announcing their reopening plans now that the government shutdown is over. Past closures have been costly.

In America, U.S.A., Princeton historian Eddie Glaude Jr. looks at the country through the lens of its previous anniversaries and centennials. "The divided soul of the nation is in full view," he says.

The price of insulin keeps going up. For people with Type 1 diabetes, high prices can be a life and death issue. Now a grassroots movement is pushing for change.

A humble farmer from a marginalized tribal community takes on a solo mission to reforest an island in Assam, India.

The proposal was met by passionate objections from some Democrats on the panel, including former Hillsborough County School Board member Susan Valdes, D-Tampa.

The 39-year-old NFL veteran has a torn left Achilles tendon that will require season-ending surgery, New York Jets coach Robert Saleh announced Tuesday.

India's newest boom town is Hyderabad, a hub for multinational high tech and pharmaceutical companies. But Hyderabad is also known for its enormous, prehistoric granite boulders, which are being jeopardized by economic development.

Maggie Smith's dowager countess acquires a villa in the South of France, so the Downton household goes on a field trip in Downton Abbey: A New Era.

Florida started the year with 7,000 teacher vacancies, according to the Florida Education Association.

The Republican Party is reeling from the U.S. Capitol siege that President Trump helped to incite. He also received blame for the GOP loss of the Senate. Yet, many party voters remain loyal to him.

Towns across the Great Plains are shrinking. Some families in western Kansas are now looking to youth rodeo as a way to preserve their rural lifestyle.