A paleontologist was trying to locate the site of a famous 1908 discovery when a rancher in Wyoming shared an important clue.

Many economists and business leaders are raising alarms about falling birthrates. But advocates for lower human populations ...

While too much shouldn't be made out of off-year elections, the Nov. 4 election will be the first major electoral sign of the ...

A Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department officer has been placed on administrative leave following an altercation with a student during a large fight at West Mecklenburg High School Friday afternoon, ...

More Americans are turning to food banks to help fill the assistance gap, but administrators caution they aren't designed to act as a safety net for a government program.

With federal food aid frozen during the government shutdown, there has been a wave of people rushing to help — sending gift ...

The Los Angeles County Public Defender's Office has an unusual unit at its office: A team dedicated to working with defendants who have cognitive disabilities. The office helps these people access ...

Yoshinobu Yamamoto beat Toronto for the second time in a week, as the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers held off the ...

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Animal Care and Control is often near capacity, but what makes the current situation urgent is that between Oct. 1 and Oct. 23, dogs at the shelter stayed an average of about 26 ...

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Sen. Lisa Murkowski about the possible loss of SNAP benefits due to the shutdown.

In the 1980s and '90s, following the Iranian Revolution, Los Angeles became the epicenter of Iranian pop music. A new album, Tehrangeles Vice, collects hits from some of the city's notable bands.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks to Florence Welch, who heads Florence and the Machine, about her new album, Everybody Scream.