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A new book looks at how the struggle to pay for college has transformed the experience of the American middle class.

Trees are one of the best ways to fight deadly urban heat, but U.S. cities lose millions every year. And many low-income areas are starting at a disadvantage.

The Bahamas health minister announced the higher death toll late Wednesday, as Dorian continued shadowing the U.S. East Coast.

Hundreds of coal miners in Wyoming are still out of work two months after their employer declared bankruptcy. It's a moment of reckoning for a town some think relies too much on the energy industry.

India has made new rules regulating the weight of school bags. Are principals — and parents — paying attention? One mother in Mumbai is conducting spot checks to find out.

The prime minister failed to garner the two-thirds of members necessary for an election he wanted to hold on Oct. 15.

The name Jefferson Davis is slowly being removed from public highways. But the civil war of old names remains an open conflict.Back in the 1920s, the…

Virginia is preparing to take in horses and other animals from areas hit by Hurricane Dorian, and officials won’t require the usual paperwork to assure…

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with conservative MP Alistair Burt, one of the 21 ousted from his party by Prime Minister Boris Johnson, about Wednesday's vote to take a no-deal Brexit off the table.

The latest on a dramatic day in British Parliament as the revolt against Prime Minister Boris Johnson continues and members try to stave off a no-deal Brexit.