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Global climate talks in Brazil wrapped up with a deal to increase funding for countries hit by warming but no plan to phase out fossil fuels.

Carbon removal went mainstream in 2021. But the technology is still light years away from making a real difference combating climate change. A group of economists wants to help change that.

Manatees are still facing die-offs from a lack of seagrass they eat, collisions with boats and red tide. A new facility opening around the first week in June will help at least some of them survive.

The president's campaign may be raising lots of money off impeachment, but it may not be firing up rural voters as Republicans anticipated. We talk about that and six other lessons from the elections.

Reconstructing the damaged infrastructure of the Gulf Coast is a focal point for the Bush administration. Mark Schleifstein, staff writer for the New Orleans Times-Picayune, says many who lost their homes or saw severe damage are still unclear on how much of the city can be saved.

Connor Murnane argues that Harvard's failures do not justify President Trump's dramatic steps against the university.

Wellness influencers often talk about fixing a broken gut microbiome. And marketers sell tests and supplements to fix your gut health. Here's what what the evidence really shows about gut health.

In his new memoir, Rodney King explains why he gave his famous "Can we get along?" speech when riots erupted after police officers were acquitted in his beating. His lawyers had drafted a far angrier script for him. He also reflects on his life since the trial: "Things have changed for me," he says.

The ban, which revives a controversial measure from Trump's first term, took effect Monday morning. Here's what to know about who's affected, who's exempt and how foreign leaders are responding.

NPR's Juana Summers talks to author Rosie Storey about an exploration of love, loss, and lies in the new novel Dandelion is Dead.

From hiding, Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine tells NPR's Scott Simon why he continues to oppose repression in Uganda following the disputed Jan. 15 presidential election.

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with retired Adm. Gary Roughead about a recent op-ed he wrote about the importance of artificial intelligence in the future of warfare.

Amid major economic development and an immigration influx, a trip to Charlotte, N.C., reveals trends within the Republican Party that are taking place across cities facing similar issues.

“It's the best of healthcare from a futuristic, entrepreneurial and academic point of view.”That’s how USF Health CEO Dr. Stephen Klasko describes an…

Alan Hostetter, once a police chief and yoga instructor, became known for protesting pandemic lockdowns in California. He's now facing conspiracy charges for his alleged role in the U.S. Capitol riot.

A group of Buddhist monks is walking from Texas to Washington, D.C., spreading a message of peace and gaining supporters as they stop in local communities along the way.

In Kyiv, dance parties on a frozen river keep spirits -- and bodies -- warm after Russian strikes shattered Ukraine's energy grid.

Matthew Perry, the actor star of the hit TV sitcom Friends, has reportedly died at age 54.

A Civil War battle of Ball's Bluff, near Leesburg, Va., forms the backdrop for the opening scene of Geraldine Brooks' new novel, March. Its principal character, Capt. March, becomes undone by the evils of war and his own moral shortcomings.

Multi-generations debate and reminisce about the legacy left by the slain Democratic senator from New York. He championed for better treatment of the poor and people of color.

Following the implementation of the "Remain in Mexico" policy, migrants have been returned from El Paso to the neighboring Mexican city of Juarez, where the humanitarian situation is worsening.

Frigid air was expected to move over the eastern third of the U.S. by Monday, while heavy snow was forecast to cause hazards in the Great Lakes, Plains and Midwest regions.

"They ask for equal dignity in the eyes of the law," then-Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote in the June 26, 2015, ruling legalizing same-sex marriage. "The Constitution grants them that right."

Hundreds of thousands of people belong to sea glass organizations and Facebook pages.

If someone's not being killed or beaten, he's being shaken down, spied on, bedded, or seduced in James Ellroy's American Tabloid. Author Adam Levin says it will have you admiring J. Edgar Hoover's sleazy connivances and cheering for the violent downfall of the Kennedys.