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Scientists working off the U.S. Virgin Islands found that the sounds of a healthy coral reef, played on underwater speakers, could encourage a degraded reef to regenerate.
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During a campaign event in Ohio over the weekend, Trump warns of a "bloodbath" if he loses in November, and said some migrants are "not people."
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Former Israeli Ambassador to the United States Michael Oren talks with NPR's Steve Inskeep about the fraying relations between Israel and the U.S. How damaged is Israel's most important alliance?
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Assemblyman Anthony Rendon created the state's Select Committee on Happiness and Public Policy Outcomes to study how government can play a role in promoting happiness.
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There were gowns, cocktail dresses and jewelry — as well as the pink Chanel skirt suit she wore while interviewing Libyan dictator Muammar el-Qaddafi in 1989. The items were priced at up to $2,000.
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Dollar General and other retailers plan to remove self-checkout from some stores citing frustrations with the technology and thefts.
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Vice President Kamala Harris is out on the campaign trail, courting women of color and people concerned about abortion rights.
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Washington, D.C.'s famous cherry blossoms hit peak bloom on Sunday. For about 150 of the famous flowering trees, this will be their last season — they'll soon be cut down to adjust to sea-level rise.
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NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Kareem Copeland of The Washington Post about the NCAA men's basketball bracket. The UConn men's basketball program earned the No. 1 overall seed in the tournament.
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Shell's plastics plant outside Pittsburgh, which was built with over a billion dollars in tax credits from the state, has violated clean air laws 19 times since it began operating two years ago.
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In an interview with NPR, Ford says it was only a couple of years ago that she felt ready to revisit how her life was upended by Brett Kavanaugh's rise to a position on the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Nebraska and Maine long ago discarded the electoral college's winner-take-all approach to allow split ballots if a candidate wins the popular vote in a congressional district.