Negotiations over a U.N. treaty to cut plastics have been bogged down. Environmental groups blame the oil and gas industry.

New Zealand is a whale stranding hotspot. It's often not clear why they happen but the island nation's geography is believed ...

The election was free of the anti-establishment fury that has vaulted populist outsiders to power elsewhere, like the United ...

A judge will decide Monday whether new evidence warrants a re-examination of the convictions of Erik and Lyle Menendez in the ...

The affable, smooth-talking game show host of "Wheel of Fortune," "Love Connection" and "Scrabble" later became a right-wing ...

The Icelandic pop star Björk's new installation at Centre Pompidou in Paris uses animal sounds to help people understand what ...

The City of Las Cruces has reached a $20 million settlement with the family of a woman shot and killed by a police officer ...

The Alpha Phi sorority and two members of Beta Alpha Omega have been charged after a student was found dead in a river after ...

The Foldscope brings a powerful science tool to schools that can't afford microscopes. Scientists use it too. Its creators ...

An Israeli strike on a Lebanese army center on Sunday killed one soldier and wounded 18 others, the Lebanese military said.

Foreign ministers from the world's leading industrialized nations are meeting Monday, with a certain pressure to advance diplomatic efforts ahead of the new U.S. administration taking over.

Fifty years ago, the discovery of a human ancestor "Lucy" generated worldwide attention. NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with paleoanthropologist Zeray Alemseged about the legacy of the discovery.