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Colt, a brand name Americans have known since 1855, is headed for bankruptcy. The company will keep operating as it sorts out its debts, but a big chunk of manufacturing history hangs in the balance.

Representatives from around the world have gathered to hammer out a strategy for reducing greenhouse gas emissions after the Kyoto treaty expires in 2012. One idea that seems to be gaining strength is a fund to help the poorest and most vulnerable countries adapt to a changing world. Negotiations in Kyoto started 10 years ago this week.

With this year's elections just months away, attorneys for U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown tried on Friday to convince federal judges to throw out the current…

Researchers usually identify natural predators or parasites to combat invasive bugs like the brown marmorated stink bug and the psyllid. But after not finding immediate solutions, they are turning to pesticides and nutrient sprays.

EPA Administrator Michael Regan says the nation's water infrastructure needs to be "stronger and more resilient to face the climate change impacts that we are seeing right here right now."

The right-wing strategist and podcaster was pardoned on federal fraud charges by Trump. He now faces charges in state court that he ripped off conservative donors.

A measles outbreak in the Pacific island nation of Samoa has left more than 60 people dead, mostly children. Alan Wright of the New Zealand Medical Assistance Team talks about the situation.

European leaders are expressing outrage after Russian attacks hit EU and U.K. buildings in Kyiv on Thursday.

British playwright and Nobel laureate Harold Pinter has died. He was 78. Pinter was known for his brooding portrayals of domestic life and his barbed politics.

Ellen Jovin set up a table in New York City where anyone can stop by and ask a question about grammar. "They just walk up, and they'll say, 'Is there an apostrophe in this word?' " she says.

In the past week, Alcaraz turned 19 — and then outplayed three of the world's top five players.

In 2015, the trailblazing feminist told Fresh Air she that had entered a new phase in life, one in which "you can do what you want." Steinem died Sept. 2 at the age of 92.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with two climate activists of different generations — Jasmine Butler and Denis Hayes — about their outlook on the planet's future amid new climate change reports.

Taffy Brodesser-Akner says the start of middle age hit her "like a truck." As her friends got divorced and began dating again, she was inspired to write a novel — which she's adapted for the screen.

Hollinghurst's new domestic epic leapfrogs across seven decades to examine how the laws of social propriety shape the destinies of a father and son. Critic John Powers says the novel is fascinating.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Rod Benson, retired basketball player and columnist for SFGATE, about the mental health of athletes and the future of sports press conferences.

Retired Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Bernard Trainor is co-author of Cobra II: The Inside Story of the Invasion and the Occupation of Iraq. He talks with Scott Simon about Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld's relations with military leaders.

Writer Alix Kates Shulman remembers the 1960s as an age where men dominated the literary scene — that is, until Grace Paley's quirky urban voice and modernist short stories began to challenge the notion of what constituted great reading.

Jean Merrill's classic children's book The Pushcart War explores war, peace and pushcarts on the streets of New York. Author Adam Mansbach writes that the story still resonates. Do you have a favorite children's book that deals with heavy themes? Tell us in the comments.

NPR's Michel Martin talks to GOP political strategist Scott Jennings about Ron DeSantis' campaign, which kicked off with 20 minutes of technical difficulties as the Twitter live space was overwhelmed.

Where Isbell's Weathervanes sounds like a new attempt to describe the world around him, Crowell's Chicago Sessions has the aura of an old pro who's realized he has a few more life-lessons to share.

President Biden and Russian President Putin have arrived at the Geneva villa where they will hold their first face-to-face talks as leaders. The two shook hands and ignored reporters' questions.

NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with Columbia Journalism School Professor Emerita Ann Cooper about her friend, former NPR foreign correspondent Anne Garrels.

There isn't much high-level contact between Washington and Beijing these days, following the shooting down of a Chinese balloon. President Biden says he will speak with China's leader soon.

Google paused its AI image-generator after Gemini depicted America's founding fathers and Nazi soldiers as Black. The images went viral, embarrassing Google.