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The Dalai Lama turned 90 on Sunday surrounded by thousands of followers, who thronged the Himalayan town of Dharamshala.

NPR has compiled a timeline of when local, state and federal officials posted warnings on social media as well as the timeline of events as...

The Ukrainian military says that today it attacked airfields in Russia, where fighter jets used to bomb Ukrainian cities are stored. They sa...

The number of people dead rose Saturday after the "catastrophic" flooding from Friday Morning along the Guadalupe River in central Texas. Ho...

Governor Greg Abbott says the state will work day and night to find people who may be stranded and unable to call for help.(Image credit: Er...

The concepts in the MingKwai typewriter underlie how Chinese, Japanese and Korean are typed today. The typewriter, patented in 1946, was fou...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said he wants the luxury resort on the eastern seacoast to become a "world destination," but the country has...

Ukraine is facing a summer of escalating Russian airstrikes on its cities. The Ukrainian President has called on the U.S. to provide more ai...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with meteorologist Sarah Spivey from KSAT News in San Antonio about the deadly floods in Texas.

Ukraine said it struck a Russian airbase on Saturday, while Russia continued to pound Ukraine with hundreds of drones overnight, dashing hop...

Services that split up payments into installments are increasingly popular, especially among young and low-to-middle income shoppers. But no...

At least 24 people are dead following extreme flooding that slammed Texas Hill Country overnight on Friday, according to officials. At least...

At least 13 people are dead after a "catastrophic" storm and flooding in Texas.

The Trump administration is withholding $715 million for adult funding nationwide. This has left programs that serve over a million students...

Department of Justice programs that support and protect crime survivors are being targeted for funding cancellation by the Trump administrat...

More than 60 of those killed were waiting for aid, according to Palestinian health officials. President Trump said Friday that talks over a...

With sweeping ICE arrests taking place, some Black residents worry the color of their skin could make them susceptible, and they're taking s...

Ailsa Chang talks with the Wall Street Journal's Sune Engel Rasmussen about his recent interview with Iranian Nobel laureate Narges Mohammad...

President Trump has announced that an Ultimate Fighting Championship bout will be held on the grounds of the White House next year, one of m...

Immigration agents are raiding known hubs for Latino workers: day laborer gathering spots, street vendor corners and car washes. Legal advoc...

Russian missiles and drones hammered Kyiv in an overnight attack, the largest aerial assault on the Ukrainian capital since the war began mo...

It's the Fourth of July, and to commemorate the holiday, the Up First newsletter asked readers to share what freedom means to them. And, thi...

For Independence Day, NPR's "Morning Edition" asked listeners to define freedom.

More than 5,000 tourists, hotel workers and residents were evacuated from an area along Crete's southern coast. Some people fled into the se...

The number of people in ICE detention without criminal convictions nearly doubled in the last month — a significant increase compared to det...