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.

Two members of a Dartmouth College fraternity and a sorority have been charged in the death of a student who was found dead ...

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

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

A note from Wild Card host Rachel Martin: I first saw Jimmy O. Yang in a Christmas rom-com. It's my little personal tradition to lock myself in my downstairs guest room and wrap presents while ...

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

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

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

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

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

BRUSSELS — U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and the head of NATO have met for talks on global security, the military ...

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