The average person in Lagos, Nigeria, spends over six hours of their day in traffic. NPR battles the chaos of a Lagos gridlock to find out if new Chinese-backed rails have made a difference.

With the news that President Trump wants to get rid of the penny, we stopped by one coin collecting shop to find out their reaction.

The race for a state Supreme Court justice in Wisconsin could offer some clues about the upcoming 2026 election cycle — and, about Elon Musk's power in politics.

President Trump will address a joint session of Congress on Tuesday. The speech comes as a new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll finds a slim majority of Americans are worried about the country's direction.

A front is forecast to blow severe thunderstorms into Northeast Texas during the early hours of Tuesday morning. The National ...

Clearing land for cattle and cows is the single biggest driver of rainforest loss in the Amazon. This "hotel for cows" in ...

Trump's threats to put tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico have weighed on markets, even though there has been ...

The new 8.5-foot telescope is set to launch this Tuesday by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory with a clear objective: to ...

Pope Francis experienced more respiratory problems and went on noninvasive ventilation on Monday, the Vatican said, as the head of the Roman Catholic Church battles double pneumonia in the hospital.

The latest test of Starship comes after an explosion over the Caribbean sent commercial airlines scattering to avoid falling ...

The country's largest supermarket chain is shaking up its leadership after Rodney McMullen had led the company since 2014.

The country's largest grocery chain cited an investigation into conduct "unrelated to the business" but inconsistent with its ...