Low-income favelas would benefit from green roofs but there are two problems: Cost. And a typical design that's too heavy for ...

Many residents in Altadena, Calif., evacuated not knowing it would be the last time they would see their homes standing.

NPR's Scott Simon shares the story of the Pasadena Jewish Temper and Center, which burned from the Eaton fire. A mural was ...

Work was underway to remove hundreds of trees blocking roads and railway lines in the wake of the system, named Storm Éowyn ...

President Trump made good on a campaign promise to ask the Department of the Interior to recognize the Lumbee people of North ...

Four female soldiers taken hostage on Oct. 7, 2023 by Hamas were handed over to the International Committee of the Red Cross ...

People get a lot wrong when it comes to paying for vacation, say travel experts, and that can cost serious cash. Here's how ...

NPR's Scott Simon and Meadowlark Media's Howard Bryant discuss the NFL playoffs and the Australian Open.

Inflation has cooled, but some prices seem stuck or have gotten higher. At a Walmart in Savannah, GA, we compare shopping this year to last year.

President Trump has issued a 90-day pause of U.S. foreign aid. There are big questions about what this could mean for health and development projects all over the world.

A lot of old records at the National Archives are written in longhand, but fewer people can read cursive. The institution is looking for volunteers to help decipher and digitize them.

Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist and author Jules Feiffer died last week at age 95. We hear host Scott Simon's interview with him last fall, for his middle-grade graphic novel, "Amazing Grapes." ...