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American cyclist Lael Wilcox rode more than 18,000 miles in 108 days, 12 hours and 12 minutes. She's claiming the record for the fastest woman to ride around the world.

Hurricane Erin exploded in strength to a Category 5 storm in the Caribbean before weakening on Saturday, the National Hurricane Center said.

President Trump met with President Xi on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit last week. APEC's host, South Korea, is carefully balancing its relations with the U.S. and China.

While the collapsed Key Bridge is removed, NPR's Michel Martin talks to Bethann Rooney, port director for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, aboutaccommodating increased shipping traffic.

The Trump administration is targeting top climate and weather labs for cuts. Insiders worry about the impact on research and NOAA's ability to forecast severe weather like hurricanes and tornadoes.

A study reveals that certain West Coast orcas belong to distinct social groups with different habits and diets. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with ecologist Josh McInnes about how the groups differ.

Nearly a week into a new and widening war in the Middle East, some of the U.S.'s closest allies in the region and beyond are trying to contain it.

Staff at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium have reared a special kind of fish known as a warty frogfish for the first time in captivity. Their success may hold broader lessons for raising marine species.

As it turns out, neither the Bermuda Triangle nor aliens are to blame for the Cotopaxi's sinking. It took Michael Barnette 15 years of research to identify the ship, which went down with 32 people.

Aguda's novel, One Leg on Earth, follows a young woman in Nigeria facing an unintended pregnancy. The Things We Never Say, by Strout, centers on a high school teacher leading a secret life of sadness.