Fifty years ago, the discovery of a human ancestor "Lucy" generated worldwide attention. NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with paleoanthropologist Zeray Alemseged about the legacy of the discovery.

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Photojournalist Robert Nickelsberg worked as a Time magazine contract photographer for nearly 30 years, specializing in ...

BEIRUT — An Israeli strike on a Lebanese army center on Sunday killed one soldier and wounded 18 others, the Lebanese ...

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Representatives of developing countries and climate activists were furious over the outcome, saying $300 billion annually ...

A major storm dropped more snow and record rain in California, while on the opposite side of the country blizzard or winter ...

President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Brooke Rollins, head of the America First Policy Institute, to oversee the Department ...

A string of deaths in Laos tied to tainted alcohol has raised alarm around the world and renewed concerns about methanol in ...

In 2023, some 6 million cases of dengue fever were reported worldwide — more than ever before. Then, 2024 blew that record ...

Surviving on a diet of toothpaste and toilet paper, South Africa's notorious "zama-zama" illegal miners continue a weeks-long ...

Texas builders warn mass deportations of undocumented migrants could devastate the construction industry, threatening housing ...