More than 21 inches of rain fell during the five-day period that ended Friday near the city of Splendora, about 30 miles ...

Forget the saber-toothed tiger steaks: a new study published this week reveals that ancient humans also ate their veggies.

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Bedouin citizens of Israel are forbidden from building rocket shelters in their homes. The recent wars have made that policy ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Alberto Minetti of the University of Milan about his research on how astronauts on the moon ...

Tom Selleck became a TV star in the 1980s as the Hawaii-based detective of "Magnum, P.I." He talks with NPR's Scott Simon ...

NPR's Scott Simon talks with composer Jeff Beal about his new collection of solo piano works, "The New York Etudes," and ...

Closing arguments in the United States v. Google monopoly trial have wrapped up. How the judge decides this case could set a ...

Paul Auster was many things: novelist, screenwriter, poet, and NPR contributor. He died this week from cancer at the age of ...

India is almost halfway through its six-week-long election season. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is attempting to win a third ...

The Just-In-Time Recreation bowling alley in Lewiston, Maine reopens 6 months after a gunman's rampage. This news story is ...

Former President Donald Trump says a recent influx of immigrants is to blame for a budget shortfall in a Wisconsin town. City ...