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NPR follows one of the hundreds of building inspectors in Turkey's earthquake zone to learn about the massive challenge of figuring how who can return to their homes.

With the Colorado River teetering on the brink of disaster, farmers who rely on its life-giving water are preparing to make significant cuts to their operations.

The two books, written by veteran journalists, depict a political landscape that few Americans could have foreseen less than a decade ago and offer a hint at the future.

The Vermont independent showed he can still raise boatloads of money, but with so many progressive choices, Sanders may be at a disadvantage.

Organizers had asked attendees to shelter in place on Saturday, as torrential rains turned the desert site into a mud pit. A driving ban has since been lifted, but exiting is still a trek.

So far, 2023 has already been Miami’s hottest year on record, with the city breaking 15 daily peak temperature records — seven since June 1 alone.

The pandemic brought notable setbacks in the effort to eradicate tuberculosis, which is likely to regain its notorious title of deadliest infectious disease in 2023. But there are signs of progress.

"It's a trillion tons of ice," as one expert told NPR. Now the largest iceberg in the world, A23a, is on the move after decades of being grounded on the seafloor.

When asked which president did more to help people like them, roughly one-third say Donald Trump and about one-quarter say Joe Biden. Yet roughly 30% say neither.

NBC's hiring and firing of former GOP chief Ronna McDaniel may inspire more distrust from conservatives. Yet journalists said her role in trying to overturn the 2020 election made her unacceptable.

Four charts that explain what's up with America's independents on Independence Day. (Get it?) (Do you?) (If you don't, we can explain.)

In the first debate of the 2024 presidential race, Biden struggles to find his voice and Trump struggles with the truth. Plus, here's what to do this weekend.

India “missed the bus” on manufacturing. A new book argues that India can nonetheless grow rich by leapfrogging to an economy dominated by high-skills services.

One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck Russia's Far East early Wednesday, sending tsunami waves into Japan and Hawaii and across the Pacific.

Israel has announced plans to extend the Gaza war and take over Gaza City. And, President Trump wants a new U.S. census to exclude people without legal status.

Alt.Latino has a new story in its series, Songs That Move You. Listener Drisana Rosales talks about an old mixtape, with a Chicano anthem, that transports her back in time.

In an Oval Office meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, President Trump likened the war between Russia and Ukraine to a fight between two children who hate each other.

NoiseCat is the son of an Indigenous Canadian father and white mother. After a cultural genocide, he says, living your life becomes an existential question. His new memoir is We Survived the Night.

In Colorado, Republicans are hoping their centrist candidate for the U.S. Senate will beat incumbent Democrat Michael Bennet

Fifty years ago, Daniel Ellsberg leaked classified information about U.S. policy in Vietnam to the press. We listen back to archival interviews with Ellsberg and Ben Bradlee of The Washington Post.

NPR has identified previously undisclosed connections between the far-right anti-government group the Oath Keepers and defendants charged in connection with the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., on the Protecting Our Democracy Act and the investigation into the Jan. 6 Capitol riots.

NPR's Adrian Florido speaks with retired federal judge J. Michael Luttig about his testimony during a recent Jan. 6 committee hearing.

Using text messages, video and recorded calls, the DOJ is arguing that the defendants set out to overturn the 2020 election results by storming the Capitol and interrupting the electoral vote count.

The mother of former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio says she's "proud" of her son and that his 22-year sentence was "extremely excessive."