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In his first Memorial Day speech as commander in chief, President Trump paid tribute to those who died in service to the country, and thanked the families who sacrificed their loved ones.

Journalist Chris Clayton writes for an audience filled with climate skeptics: farmers and leaders of agricultural businesses. He's telling them that a changing climate will disrupt their lives.

The highest spot anywhere on the islands is less than 8 feet, and scientists say rising sea levels could leave the entire nation submerged within decades.

This week in state politics, a conversation about the state House budget, which lawmakers passed early Friday morning. The House plan would cut taxes,...

Free college in Boston, and more news of the week, including the return of the IRS tool to help manage student loans.

President Trump said the U.S. has withdrawn from the Paris Climate Accord. NPR's Michel Martin talks about possible effects with Ernest Moniz, former energy secretary and an MIT professor.

In these hyper-polarized times, even seemingly objective facts like the unemployment rate are often viewed through a partisan lens.

A group of 18 prostitutes and 17 unemployed women in Sierra Leone were trained to drive motorcycle taxis. The money was great. But now there's a big catch.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro and puzzle winner John Tures of Nashville, Tenn., zip through puzzlemaster Will Shortz's alliterative word challenges.

A new study shows that setting up a link — so that what you do produces an effect on what you feel — changes the ability to control what you are doing when using a prosthesis, says blogger Alva Noë.