City and community leaders were on hand to cut the ribbon today on Cardinal Run Park North - the first large, regional park to be built in Lexington in more than 25 years. Mayor Linda Gorton says the ...

Analysts say Thursday's announcement is China's bid to strengthen its leverage in trade talks with the U.S., ahead of a planned leaders' meeting.

In his first major document as leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Leo urges nations and believers to care for the poorest in society.

Mormon Women for Ethical Government was one of the plaintiffs in a lawsuit that could overturn Utah's Republican-leaning map for U.S. House seats. That could matter in next year's elections.

Craig Clark, 79, calls himself the "Tech Fairy." Clark spends his time refurbishing old laptops and giving them away for free to people who need them.

When millions lost power in Spain and Portugal this spring, some were quick to blame too much solar and wind power. That wasn't the cause, but the misinformation had an impact.

The fall school season is a good time for Kentucky families to get back on track with their kids' wellness checkups and ...

Ill., challenging an Illinois regulation that allows ballots mailed in by Election Day to be counted for up to 14 days after ...

Alysia Abbott's memoir about growing up in 1970s San Francisco with her gay, single father, has been adapted into a film ...

Photographers and storytellers Karla Gachet and Ivan Kashinsky document cumbia music in Colombia, Mexico, Ecuador, Peru, ...

NPR visits villages along the Lebanese-Syrian border where Israel has continued demolitions and attacks despite a ceasefire last year.

In Italy, a super volcano outside of Naples is stirring in a way it hasn't for centuries. And hundreds of thousands of people live right by it.