In Norway, where skiing is the top sport, huge crowds turned out there for the world championships of cross country skiing that wrapped up this weekend.

It's been five years since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. This week, we're bringing stories of people who found an unexpected dose of joy amid so much devastation.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Dylan Mulvaney, author of Paper Doll: Notes from a Late Bloomer, about the highs and lows of the early days of her transition and the joy she tries to share.

Tuesday's vote is seen one of its most pivotal yet for Greenland's future, as the issue of independence has taken center stage in campaign debates for the first time.

An NPR investigation finds that more than 350 Syrian children were secretly placed in orphanages across the capital, Damascus, when the Assad regime was in power. Now, some of them cannot be found.

With its proposed capacity, the new venue would surpass London's Wembley Stadium as the biggest in the United Kingdom and would top Old Trafford's capacity of just over 74,000. There is no plan to ...

The announcement further unsettled department employees who have spent the past several weeks anticipating sweeping staff cuts.

In a post on his Truth Social network, Trump said the U.S. will impose an additional 25% tariff on steel and aluminum from Canada, raising the tax to 50% overall. But he later reversed the increase ...

Workers in Washington, D.C., have begun removing the massive street mural that defined Black Lives Matter Plaza. The city created the mural amid mass protests after police murdered George Floyd.

Medical students in south Alabama are learning about nutrition at a cooking class in hopes they will be able to better talk to patients about what they eat.

Kentucky teenagers could get behind the wheel at age 15 under a bill approved by the Kentucky Senate on Tuesday.

La, told reporters on Tuesday that he believes Republicans will be able to pass a partisan spending bill without the help of Democrats.