The State Department announced Tuesday it was barring five Europeans it accused of leading efforts to pressure U.S. tech ...

Mary Klein had just moved to a new city when she got lost. A couple stopped to help and guided her home. They returned the next day with Christmas dinner.

Hundreds of new Christmas songs are released every year, but each time December rolls around, the same small handful of classics races to the top of the charts. Will anything new ever break through?

Crime rates dropped across much of the U.S. in 2025. That was true for both property and violent crime. And it declined nearly everywhere: In big cities and small towns, and in red and blue states.

SHAVER LAKE, Calif. – If California’s Central Valley is home, then Tule Fog is part of the family. But this winter, many residents were growing tired of it. California is home to some of the most ...

Despite tensions between the Vatican and Israel's government over the Gaza war, some Jews and Christians living in Israel are trying to build trust between their communities.

The explosion collapsed a part of the building and happened just as a utility crew had been on site looking for a gas leak at Bristol Health & Rehab Center in Bristol Township, just outside ...

A new telescope equipped with the world's largest digital camera will collect more astronomical data in a single year than all others combined.

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with publisher Michael Szczerban about the new full English translation of the classic Italian cookbook, The Talisaman of Happiness by Ada Boni.

The statement from the U.S. bishops emphasized the way immigration is not just a legal issue, but a moral one, according to Joseph Brennan, the bishop for the Diocese of Fresno who voted in favor. The ...

About 5.5 million borrowers are currently in default. They haven't risked wage garnishment since the beginning of the pandemic, when policymakers paused the practice.

Photographs help us look back on the moments that defined the year. Taken by NPR photojournalists nationwide, this collection goes beyond the headlines to reveal quietly powerful human stories.