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U.K. police said Sunday they are investigating whether a string of arson attacks on Jewish sites in London are the work of Iranian proxies, the latest of which caused minor damage on Saturday night.
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A few big cities no longer have daily newspapers and other outlets have switched to digital formats. In Council Grove, Kansas, a daily newspaper has managed to survive.
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A scientific instrument on the Voyager 1 has been shut off to conserve power as the probe continues its interstellar exploration.
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A fragile ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon is holding at the same time Iran announced it has closed the Strait of Hormuz again.
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This was the hottest March ever recorded in the contiguous U.S., going back 132 years. Climate change is driving up temperatures, and making intense wildfires more likely.
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Between the war in Iran and high gas prices, President Trump needs to regain the voters' confidence ahead of the November midterm elections.
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Ikebana is the Japanese art of floral arranging. Ikebana International is introducing Americans to the art and promoting friendship through flowers.
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A woman tries to make sense of her inappropriate college affair with the help of an unusual saint. NPR's Elissa Nadworny talks with Julia Langbein about her comic novel, "Dear Monica Lewinsky."
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With school choice programs ascendant not just in Iowa but across the U.S., Cedar Rapids offers a preview of who wins and who loses when education meets the free market.
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This week, NASA announced it had shut down one of that spacecraft's remaining science instruments — not because the mission has failed, but to keep it alive a little longer.
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South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff says the launches happened on Sunday morning from the North's eastern Sinpo area.
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The Mariana is a 145-foot dry cargo vessel registered in the U.S. It suffered engine failure Wednesday as a massive typhoon bore down on Saipan and nearby islands.
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A life jacket worn by a passenger on the RMS Titanic has sold at auction for 670,000 pounds, which is more than $900,000.