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It's looking like 2024 will be the hottest year since record-keeping began, unseating 2023 for the top spot. Climate change is playing a role, and scientists say it was even hotter than expected.

A new study shows people living in hunter-gatherer societies don't get any more sleep than people in the more modern world, despite living without TVs, computers, cell phones and other electronic distractions.

President Obama announced Thursday he has abandoned his plan to withdraw nearly all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by the end of his presidency.

President Obama is hosting South Korea's president at the White House to reaffirm one of America's longest-running alliances in Asia. The long-vexing question on the agenda: North Korea.

The State Department is changing the way the U.S. talks about migration and refugees, embracing the "Great Replacement" theory promoted by white nationalists.

"Pocket gardens" of native plant species are becoming more common in urban areas. We tag along with a volunteer tending to tiny gardens in a neighborhood of Washington, D.C.

Clarence Avant, who boosted the careers of generations of musicians, entertainers, sports stars and politicians, has died. He was 92.

"Pocket gardens" of native plant species are becoming more common in urban areas. We tag along with a volunteer tending to tiny gardens in a Washington, D.C., neighborhood.

The National Association of Realtors has reached a nationwide settlement that could change the way real estate agents are compensated.

What rights do U.S. citizens and non-citizens have when they encounter law enforcement? NPR's A Martinez speaks with Georgetown University law professor Paul Butler.

Tumbleweeds roll along in Western movies and on the landscape of the U.S. high plains, but they're also an invasive nuisance for farmers.

Scientists have recorded a human embryo implanting in a womb in real time. The implications of how it happens could lead to more and better treatments for infertility.

January 1st is Public Domain Day. That's the day creative works over a certain age enter the public domain.

When the Trump administration moved some USDA research out of Washington to Kansas City, people were uprooted and many experienced employees left. Unwinding the move is a tricky for President Biden.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Katy Milkman, professor at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, about which vaccine incentives work best and why.

The Biden Administration may announce the nomination of a key regulator who could direct billions of dollars for down-payment assistance and make more affordable homes available.

A doctor in San Antonio who said he performed an abortion in defiance of a new Texas law has been sued by two people — seeking to test the legality of the state's near-total ban on the procedure.

The Women's March group is organizing protests across the United States in support of abortion rights: a response to the recent restrictive law passed in Texas.

More than 300 people were killed and hundreds wounded in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, when a terror attack targeted a busy street on Saturday. Among the dead are a school bus full of children.

House Republicans have selected Rep. Jim Jordan as their nominee for Speaker of the House. Jordan was once a far-right outsider who has become a far-right insider as the party has evolved.

Mexico braced for more violence following an eruption of clashes after the armed killed the leader of a powerful cartel

Bozeman, Mont., resident Sean Hawksford tried nearly 20 times to buy a house. But a flood of new home buyers from the coasts — who can work remotely — has driven home prices way up and supply down.

Idaho's vaccination rate is in the bottom 10 among states. People talk about their hesitancy or resistance to vaccination, others say there's still a gap in access to it among some populations

Young people from around the world are protesting over world leaders' response to climate change at the UN's climate summit in Glasgow on Friday.

Across the corn belt, more farmers are putting up their own grain bins. In the past year alone, farmers nationwide have added some 300 million bushels of on-farm storage. By storing their own grain, farmers can choose when and at what price they want to sell, and that can translate into thousands of dollars in profit. And this has grain buyers — like grain elevators and ethanol plants --working to keep their edge in the market.