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NPR's Noel King talks to climate scientist Allison Crimmins about the findings of the United Nations' landmark climate report, and what it means for U.S. policy actions.

Ida blasted ashore Sunday as one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the U.S., blowing roofs off buildings and reversing the flow of the Mississippi River.

Debbie Ngarewa-Packer of the country's Maori Party says the shift from a zero-tolerance pandemic approach to an easing of restrictions will disproportionately impact Indigenous people.

After accidentally sending millions of stimulus checks to ineligible foreign citizens living overseas, the IRS is now asking some foreign banks to help it recover that money, creating a legal mess.

Leon Bridges and Khruangbin reflect on their second tribute to the sound of the Lone Star state in their upcoming EP, Texas Moon.

The highest inflation since the 1980s has many retirees scared. Their retirement nest eggs will be in peril if it persists over the long term.

Three siblings spend a summer day at the beach building sandcastles and watching them get demolished in a wordless picture book written by JonArno Lawson and illustrated by Qin Leng.

One year ago, a huge earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia, triggering the tsunami that left an estimated 220,000 people dead across South Asia. Philip Reeves went back to Sri Lanka and reports on the long-term effects of the tragedy on children who survived.

A personal journey underpins a new video game about a post-apocalyptic American West reclaimed by nature and stalked by bestial robots.

The Lewis and Clark National Bicentennial Exhibition makes its final stop this summer at the Smithsonian Institution's Natural History Museum. Author Landon Jones says Lewis gets the most attention, but Clark shaped the voyage... and the West.