With this debut novel of an immigrant torn between the U.S. and Nigeria, Esther Ifesinachi Okonkwo takes her place among the ...

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A plea deal calls for Kohberger, 30, to serve a prison term that includes a life sentence for each murder. But families say ...

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There’s been an increase in Hammerhead shark sightings off Cape Cod. John Chisolm, adjunct scientist at the New England ...

After years of lobbying by vulnerable island nations, the U.N. asked the International Court of Justice for an advisory ...

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The U.S. once controlled the market on rare earth elements, sought after for a range of technologies. But in the last few decades, China has cornered that market and surpassed the U.S.

Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson is sending lawmakers home early for their summer recess to avoid dragging out a fight within the GOP over the Jeffrey Epstein saga.

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Republican strategist Rina Shah about why some GOP lawmakers are defying President Trump and Speaker Johnson to demand the release of the Epstein files.

Investigators have ruled out all but two possible causes of the July 13 fire at a Fall River assisted living facility that ...

The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee tells the federations overseeing swimming, athletics and other sports that it has ...