Florida residents are being encouraged to shelter in place, as hazards such as storm surges, tornadoes and high winds and ...

The attack on residents of Pont-Sondé on Oct. 3 was one of the biggest massacres that Haiti has seen in recent history. The U ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A severe solar storm is headed to Earth that could stress power grids even more as the U.S. deals with ...

Hurricane Milton made landfall at around 8:30 p.m. near Siesta Key, about eight miles south of Sarasota, Florida. According ...

Adultery is a crime in New York State. For more than 100 years it's been a misdemeanor, punishable by up to 90 days in jail. Legislation to overturn that now sits on Gov. Kathy Hochul’s desk.

A new NPR Investigation finds that the Wildlife Services department of the USDA is killing wild animals like wolves, coyotes ...

Heading into the WNBA finals, NPR's Michel Martin talks to Jesse Washington, senior writer with Andscape, about whether the Minnesota Lynx have a chance against the dominant New York Liberty.

The area has not taken a direct hit from a hurricane in over 100 years. But its topography and dense population make it ...

At issue is whether the state court wrongly refused to accept the attorney general’s findings that a death row inmate is ...

The election and Atlantic hurricane seasons are overlapping with dramatic effect, and not for the first time. Here's what we ...

The key presidential states of Georgia and North Carolina were hit particularly hard by Hurricane Helene. NPR compared which ...

A lynx stretching in the sun, tadpoles swimming beneath lily pads and an investigator dusting a tusk for prints are among the ...