National parks enter their busiest season understaffed and underfunded. Morning Edition visited Joshua Tree to speak with ...

President Trump said Israel and Iran have agreed to a ceasefire, ending 12 days of conflict.

A single mom who is deaf overcame challenges and gave her college's commencement address in Colorado.

The Supreme Court blocked a court order requiring 15 days notice — enough time to contact their lawyers — to individuals the Trump administration is trying to deport to countries other than their own.

The powerful Vera C. Rubin Observatory is releasing some of its first images as part of an ambitious effort to effectively create a movie of all the changes in the southern night sky over a decade.

Eric Johnson's husband Dennis Hopkins was given a 50% chance of surviving lung cancer. During one hospital stay they met their unsung hero, a nurse named Sherry.

Prosecutors arguing the federal government's case against the music mogul Sean Combs, who is accused of sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy, are expected to finish questioning their witnesses.

After 104 days in detention, Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil talks with NPR about his experience.

The president made the announcement on social media, but officials in Israel and Iran have yet to announce it for themselves. His post came hours after Iran launched on attack on a U.S. base in Qatar.

Some local officials in the Mountain West say federal land could be used in certain cases to ease the region's housing crisis ...

President Trump's decision to launch airstrikes on Iran's nuclear facilities without first consulting Congress has drawn ...

Sometimes history lies hidden just around the corner. Just south of Washington, D.C., is a graveyard with more than 100 wooden ships that date to World War I -- the Ghost Fleet of Mallows Bay.