Record diesel prices are kicking Western ranchers while they're down. Drought means they have to buy extra hay, and pay truckers extra to deliver it because of fuel price hikes.

The U.S. birth rate fell to its lowest level ever recorded, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and ...

In Texas, early voting is underway. The state's tight race for U.S. Senate will ultimately help decide the balance of power in Washington.

Data centers are a big issue across the country. As midterms approach, many look to the swing state of Wisconsin for lessons for how that issue could play out nationally.

Ohio GOP gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy refuses to withdrawal an explosive attack ad, and President Trump greenlights the DOJ to file a lawsuit about Alaska's senate race.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with actor Alden Ehrenreich, who stars in the new movie, "A Talent for Murder." It's about a literary agent sent to convince Patricia Highsmith to write a new Tom Ripley novel ...

Students have been protesting across Europe. In Serbia, they've selected candidates to run for parliament in Sunday's elections. And they're aiming to end 14 years of government by the populist leader ...

Scientists have voted to change how the world keeps time, but most people won't even notice. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Philippe Richard, director of Switzerland's Federal Institute of Metrology.

There are tensions in France today as another wave of protests begin. The police are out in force. Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to demonstrate.

Stock markets are being hit by intense periods of volatility that are raising concerns about whether the big gains seen over the past four years can be sustained. Fears about AI are a big reason.

A new James Bond is nigh, to replace the last actor in the 64 year-old movie franchise. What evil forces will the new 007 face? Killer Drones? Killer AI? Killer lettuce?

Trump's most recent rendering of East Potomac Park overtakes the D.C. peninsula with a sprawling golf course, without the ...