Australia mines more lithium than any other country, but most of that lithium is refined in China. Countries such as ...

What does the government shutdown mean for the financial stability of houses of worship in the DC area? And how are clergy ministering to those affected?

Japan has chosen a hardline nationalist as its first female prime minister. She's shattered a glass ceiling, but she's no feminist, and her ruling coalition, she admits, faces grave challenges.

The latest version of OpenAI's Sora can quickly turn text prompts and simple images into studio quality videos, which left ...

Shock has turned to anger in Paris as details about the Louvre Museum's gaps in security start to emerge after "priceless" jewels were stolen in a brazen daytime burglary.

The NBA season tips off Tuesday with a doubleheader. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with NBA hall of famer Grant Hill about the season's key storylines and the return of NBC as official broadcast partner.

Pierre, a former press secretary and senior advisor to President Biden, discusses her new book, "Independent: A Look Inside a Broken White House, Outside Party Lines." ...

NPR's Michel Martin asks House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., about the Democrats' efforts to end the government shutdown and what they're hearing from their constituents about the impact.

After 18 months under siege, El Fasher in Sudan's remote Darfur region has become a famine-stricken, bomb-blasted city on the brink of extinction.

In some communities, fire crews are delayed -- not by distance, but by a lack of equipment. Higher costs and supply chain issues means some departments have to wait years for new trucks.

North Carolina Commissioner of Insurance Mike Causey will travel to the Outer Banks today (Monday) to discuss the threatened ...

Both men were then thrown into the water without life jackets. The mate was rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard and taken to the ...