When President Trump was flying to Alaska to meet Vladimir Putin, he said the goal was a ceasefire. But after they talked, Trump aligned himself with Putin and downplayed the need for a truce.

Hurricane Erin was downgraded to a Category 3 hurricane early Sunday as a tropical storm warning was issued for the Turks and Caicos Islands and winds and heavy rains whipped the Virgin Islands ...

Ketamine is a hallucinogenic drug. But in recent years, it’s become a legit therapeutic option for hard-to-treat depression.

President Trump and Putin are meeting to discuss the end of Russia's war in Ukraine without Ukrainian President Zelenskyy. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Ukrainian journalist Iuliia Mendel.

For foreigners, the risks of visiting China have been growing, including exit bans, arbitrary arrests, and a host of vague laws about security.

Sometimes online, there's a character everyone's talking about: someone or something the internet has decided they're obsessed with. This week it has to be Taylor Swift and her fanbase – the ...

Virginia Military Institute has a new superintendent. VMI’s Superintendent Search Committee narrowed the pool of candidates to six for interviews in July and invited three finalists to the ...

Democrats are saying Republican candidate for governor Winsome Earle-Sears is in violation of disclosure laws.

AOL debuted a dial-up service in 1989. Dial-up has largely been replaced by broadband internet. NPR’s Ayana Archie reports. This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

Scott Simon remembers former longtime NPR colleague Ted Clark, who passed away last week at the age of 79.

The city of Roanoke is collecting residents' memories of the Flood of '85 for an ongoing project to commemorate the event, which is coming up on its 40th anniversary.

Climate reporter Barbara Moran talks with the Endless Thread team about weather patterns and theories about why it sometimes seems it’s always a bad weather weekend. Ben Brock Johnson and Amory ...