America’s biggest pharmacy chains are closing hundreds of stores, laying off thousands of workers and rethinking their role ...

Bags with fancy clasps, like those popular in the early 1900s, are back in style. A look at how fashion seems to always come ...

Israel's attacks on Hezbollah have created problems for Lebanese people and the many Syrian refugees who live there. NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Tanya Evans of the International Rescue Committee.

The Treasury in Petra, Jordan, is a famous tourist site and features in an Indiana Jones movie. Now archaeologists say they've found a remarkable 12 complete skeletons in a hidden tomb beneath it.

A new trove of letters and oral histories is shining a light on the successes and challenges of jailhouse lawyers: people in ...

A recently televised documentary in Spain rekindles competing versions of the famed explorer's origins, but the scientific community is viewing it with caution.

The polling averages show Vice President Kamala Harris’ lead has dropped in every swing state in recent weeks.

U.N. agencies say over the last two weeks Israel has blocked almost all food aid from getting into northern Gaza. The Biden administration tells Israel it has 30 days to increase assistance.

Ukraine says its military intelligence has evidence North Korea isn’t just sending weapons to Russia to assist in the war on Ukraine. Pyongyang may also be sending soldiers. Russia denies the claim.

Two giant pandas from China arrived Tuesday at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. Their arrival marks the end of an 11-month chill in so-called panda diplomacy.

There have been big fights over water in the western U.S. Water scarcity and climate change may bring similar battles to the Midwest and Great Plains.

Washington Post op–ed writer Theodore R. Johnson discusses his new book --- "If We Are Brave, Essay from Black Americana" -- an examination of democracy, race and Black voters in the United States.