NPR's Scott Simon recalls a conversation he once had with the late President Jimmy Carter about the possibility of UFOs.

Former diplomat Barry Rosen was a hostage during the Iran crisis. In an interview with All Things Considered, he reflects on ...

From California to the South, tens of thousands of people are without power, due to fires and winter storms. Studies show ...

Wildfires have a history of causing problems with the drinking water systems. In some affected areas around LA, officials are ...

The president-elect's undiplomatic talk in recent days of reclaiming the Panama Canal — and annexing Greenland and even ...

Moore, the surviving half and higher voice of the 1960s duo Sam & Dave, died Friday morning in Coral Gables, Florida, due to ...

Despite some progress, the biggest blazes — the Palisades and Eaton fires — rage largely uncontained. On Friday evening, the ...

NPR's Scott Simon talks to law professor Ilya Somin of George Mason University about the Laken Riley Act, a bipartisan bill in Congress that aims to expand the detention of undocumented immigrants.

Reporters covering a Chinese dissident in Europe were targeted with bomb threats. An NPR investigation later found evidence the dissident was linked to con which included the specter of bomb threats.

"It's wild. There's people out here that have just created a chain," said one woman who showed up to volunteer at a YMCA in Los Angeles' Koreatown neighborhood.

The Wilson family evacuated from their home in Altadena, California before it burned down. NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Virginia Wilson and her 16-year old daughter, Charlotte.

Firefighters continue to struggle against the wildfires around Los Angeles. The death count has risen and looting has become a problem amid the destruction.