The American pika is a small mammal that inhabits the highest elevations in the mountains of the West. Members of the rabbit ...

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Trade organizations welcomed an announcement by President Trump two weeks ago of a trade deal with Vietnam. Now, exporters in Vietnam say they are still confused by the agreement.

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Wimberley, Texas, was the site of a devastating flash flood on Memorial Day weekend in 2015. Now, 10 years later, the town ...

The small plastic instrument has long been the go-to instrument in elementary schools. But it is capable of so much more than ...

In Colombia, drug gangs are waging a new kind of war — by air. Armed with cheap drones, they're targeting rivals in a ...

The withdrawal accounts for nearly half of the soldiers sent to Los Angeles in June to suppress protests over the Trump ...

Heavy rain caused flash flooding in parts of the northeast on Monday. Climate change is fueling more intense rainstorms that drop more water in shorter periods of time.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks to author and journalist Tim Weiner about his new book, The Mission: The CIA in the 21st Century.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Michael Petrilli, head of the education policy thinktank Thomas B. Fordham Institute, about the Trump administration's efforts to dismantle the Education Department.

The Grand Canyon Lodge was destroyed by a wildfire last weekend. It was an elusive getaway for nearly a century on the North ...