Economic conditions boomed in Missouri and the country in 1835. The cotton market and prices increased throughout the South, ...

Hays was born on January 10, 1738, in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and about 1764, he married Eve May Apple. Hays was a ...

People in poor countries often get little or no warning about floods, storms and other deadly weather. Local efforts are ...

People in poor countries often get little or no warning about floods, storms and other deadly weather. Local efforts are ...

On paper, the Fed chair is just one vote among many. In practice, the job carries far more influence. We analyze what gives ...

Nike's battery-powered footwear system, which propels wearers forward, is part of a broader push to help humans move farther ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Anders Fogh Rasmussen, former prime minister of Denmark and former head of NATO, ahead of the Munich Security Conference.

President Trump's peace plan for Gaza has been rejected by far-right Israeli officials who want the land for Jewish settlements.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Anders Fogh Rasmussen, former prime minister of Denmark and former head of NATO, ahead of the Munich Security Conference.

NPR's Rachel Treisman took a pause from watching figure skaters break records to see speed skaters break records. Plus, the surreal experience of watching backflip artist Ilia Malinin.

With the race still too close to call, former congressman Tom Malinowski conceded to challenger Analilia Mejia in a Democratic primary to replace the seat vacated by New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill.

The FBI on Tuesday released a series of surveillance photos recovered from the home of missing Arizona woman Nancy Guthrie. FBI Director Kash Patel described the masked individual pictured as armed ...