NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Glenn Kessler, outgoing writer of the Washington Post's Fact Checker, about recent buyouts at the paper, and the current state of fact-checking.

This summer, you might notice more people using a gadget to fight the heat: a horseshoe-shaped fan that sits on your neck and blows air. But can a neck cooling fan really help you?

After at least 15 years of talking about it, President Trump is building a ballroom at the White House. Work will begin this ...

Since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, Ukraine says tens of thousands of Ukrainian children have been taken to Russia. Ukraine wants those children back, but Russia has so far not engaged in ...

Utilities in Arizona are taking control of some customers’ thermostats at times when the power grid is under strain to shave off demand and prevent blackouts. KJZZ’s Katherine Davis-Young reports.

In Kerrville, Texas, on Thursday, state lawmakers will hear from officials, survivors, and local authorities about the state's emergency response, just a few weeks after the deadly floods killed more ...

A hotter climate makes flooding more frequent and severe, and government flood maps aren’t keeping up with the change.

About a month after announcing that it would stop sharing data that hurricane forecasters and scientists rely on, the Navy ...

President Trump, who has insisted Aug. 1 is a firm deadline for countries around the world, said that "the complexities of a ...

Sectarian violence in recent weeks in Syria's Sweida region has left more than 1,000 people dead. Druze in the ...

Federal cuts to Medicaid will shrink over 10 years. Hospitals relying on state-directed payments, especially independent ...

Workers at a site in South Carolina that once made key parts for nuclear bombs in the U.S. have found a radioactive wasp nest ...