Ian Choudri, the California High Speed Rail Authority CEO, said the high-speed rail is a modern project, and its complexity ...

In 1829, the U.S. government promised the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation about 1,280 acres of Illinois reservation. It instead illegally sold it all to white settlers.

A massive wildfire on the north rim of the Grand Canyon is still burning, a month after it started. The Dragon-Bravo Fire has charred more than 123,000 acres, making it the largest fire currently ...

The Omaha-based company is sitting on $344 billion in cash. Warren Buffett announced in May that he will retire at the end of the year.

The Texas House of Representatives is at a standstill, after Democratic members left the state to prevent a vote on redrawing ...

The statue of Albert Pike, a Confederate general and Freemason leader, was vandalized and taken down on Juneteenth in 2020.

Phone calls to local Social Security offices are currently being rerouted to other field offices — often to staff who don't ...

In July and August of 2024 in Bangladesh, student protesters' push for change drove the authoritarian prime minister out of ...

With the Women's World Cup in the bag and 88 grand masters, India is ready to take over the chess world. And they're making ...

An oral history of the atomic bomb detonations 80 years ago leads this week's list of publishing highlights, which also includes a handful of novels by authors including Louis Sachar and Jason Mott.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Big Freedia about her new album, "Pressing Onward," and how her childhood singing in the church led her to this moment, fusing gospel with her signature bounce music.

Americans love olive oil — and import 95% of it. But tariffs are making it harder for Europeans to sell it to Americans.