Puerto Rico's government began cutting water service to people's homes this week, amid a severe drought that's exposing major weaknesses in the island's water delivery infrastructure.

As momentum builds to recover artworks stolen during World War Two by the Nazis, researchers have created an AI chatbot that aims to trace the ownership and location history of works of art.

The "Pokémon Fossil Museum," a new exhibit at Chicago's Field Museum connecting the popular video game to real-world fossils, is drawing huge crowds.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with business owner Christian Llamas of the Boyle Heights neighborhood in Los Angeles about the fallout from a refrigerated warehouse fire in June.

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Bavarians traditionally wash down a breakfast of boiled veal sausage, sweet mustard and a giant pretzel with beer — all before the church bells ring at midday.

President Trump is confronting a question that has haunted presidents throughout history: how a war - that has gone on longer than predicted - can reshape a presidency.

People throughout Europe and parts of the U.S. will be treated to a chance to see a solar eclipse on Wednesday. People in ...

An agreement over the Strait of Hormuz is still far away. Tim Wilkins, who works for a tanker industry group, says the ships stuck around the waterway are in limbo, and transiting is still dangerous.

Jia Tolentino considers how beauty standards have dovetailed with AI. Lee Sung Jin talks about the breakthrough that led him ...

Throughout this long, cold winter, an air of feverish anticipation has simmered in Chile's capital. This October, global ...

Europe is in another brutal heat wave. The summer's earlier record-breaking weather already damaged crops, sparked wildfires ...