Jen Pawol will make history by becoming the first woman to umpire a Major League Baseball game. Here's a look at other female officials who were the first on the floor, court or the field in prominent ...

With half of 250Lex in the books, the yearlong celebration of Lexington's 250th anniversary is turning it attention to the ...

The US House Oversight Committee — chaired by Kentucky Republican James Comer — subpoenaed the Justice Department on Tuesday ...

Texas Republican Tom Oliverson about what's next in the redistricting fight that is going down in the Lone Star state.

Sen. Mitch McConnell says he will continue to fight to close what he's calling the "bad actor loophole" in the hemp industry.

Summer for thousands of people in Ann Arbor means scavenging for hidden codes around the city and reading books to collect points. It's been a triumph for the public library that runs it.

The Aalborg Zoo in Denmark said it would take certain surplus pets such as chickens, rabbits and guinea pigs to be "gently ...

We speak with James Larkin, the head of a project in South Africa that's experimenting with using radiation to prevent rhino poaching. They sedate the animals and inject radiation into their horns.

More than 500 former officials who once led Israel's military and security agencies are asking President Trump to help stop the war in Gaza. NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with one of them.

Smoke from Canadian wildfires continues to bring poor air quality into the Northeast U.S. and the Upper Midwest. And the exposure to wildfire smoke remains a growing health problem.

The Trump administration cancelled about $500 million for research into mRNA vaccines. The move slows progress in using the ...