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After catastrophic fires razed the forest that was the lifeblood of Greece's second largest island, residents are planning for a hotter, drier future — and demanding the government do the same.

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro is a biker, as are many of his supporters and it is a theme at his rallies. But in Brazil, biker culture is not just for the far-right.

After nearly two terms under the nation's first black president, we look at how President Obama's time has affected life for African-Americans.

More than 3,000 have been killed in the country's new war on drugs. More than 700,000 have surrendered to police, fearing for their lives. Police say those who surrender and stay clean will be safe.

The Battle of Antietam was the bloodiest single day in American history, and the partial victory by Union troops led Abraham Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation. Monday marks the 150th anniversary of the Civil War battle that left 23,000 men killed or wounded on both sides.

When the investigative reporter Sharyl Attkisson left CBS this year, she did not do so quietly. She contends the network refused to run stories that might damage President Obama.

Scientists working to create the perfect atomic clock have a fundamental problem: Right now, on the ceiling, time is passing just a bit faster than it is on the floor.

Utah has reduced its chronically homeless population by 91 percent since 2005. But like many places, it lacks affordable housing, leaving more than 14,000 people in the state homeless this year.

When the post-Thanksgiving dinner board games come out, one Word You'll Hear could be: Pandemic Legacy. That's a hot new board game where players team up to contain epidemics worldwide.

NPR'S Ailsa Chang speaks with New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy about the devastation Hurricane Ida brought and what state and federal governments are doing to provide assistance to those affected.

For the past two weeks, thousands of Afghans have arrived in the U.S. Many passed through an enormous makeshift processing center in Virginia. We get an exclusive look inside the Dulles Expo Center.

At least four planes chartered to evacuate several hundred people seeking to escape the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan have been unable to leave the country for days, officials said Sunday.

Before Michael K. Williams played Omar Little on HBO's The Wire, he was a dancer in music videos starring artists like Madonna. Then a bar room brawl changed everything.

The comedy about a relentlessly optimistic American football coach running a London soccer team has attracted British viewers with its comic look at the transatlantic culture clash.

In the back rooms of Kabul's photo shops, thousands of photos dating as far back as 40-plus years sit unclaimed. It remains to be seen if these photo studios can survive a new period of Taliban rule.

Though infections are still sky-high, the U.S. may be turning a corner, according to a consortium of researchers who forecast the pandemic. And we may well be spared a winter surge.

Ozy co-founder Carlos Watson resigned from NPR's board of directors days after The New York Times revealed that an Ozy principal had impersonated a YouTube executive in a meeting with Goldman Sachs.

China wants to changes mosques to make them more Chinese. The mosque campaign has triggered a discussion on what being Chinese really means.

No compromise yet between progressive and moderate Democrats over two huge spending bills, as President Biden urges patience.

NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with Ambassador Katherine Tai, who serves as the U.S. Trade Representative, about the Biden administration's trade policy with regards to China.

The show's focus on important subjects makes for compelling viewing. But much from the first two episodes feels like a stitched-together pastiche of items from The Daily Show.

Facebook said late Monday that "the root cause of this outage was a faulty configuration change" and that there is "no evidence that user data was compromised as a result" of the outage.

Hurricane Ida walloped south Louisiana a month ago. The killer storm wrecked lives and buildings. Now, kids are beginning to head back to classrooms for the first time since the hurricane.

When the Taliban seized power, hundreds of Afghan journalists fled. Those who stayed behind face threats by Taliban foot soldiers that the government says it doesn't have control over yet.

President Biden is urging Democrats to embrace incremental progress as the party negotiates down a broad spending bill. He may not have that option when it comes to its major climate policies.