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Former Secretary-General of the United Nations Kofi Annan has died at the age of 80. Annan served as the seventh Secretary-General, for two terms between 1997 and 2006.

The longest-running public service campaign is tied to a reduction in wildfires, but in some ways Smokey's message may have worked too well. Here's how he's changed.

In the West African nation of Gambia, people are transfixed by testimony about alleged abuses by former President Yahya Jammeh.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Wall Street Journal economics correspondent Josh Zumbrun about how much money President Trump's tariffs have brought the U.S. treasury and where it's going.

After last week's ICE raids at poultry plants, families in Carthage, Miss., try to navigate a path forward with the help of a local church, immigration lawyers and social workers.

Smog can spike during hot days. A new study finds that the effects of breathing air pollution may be cumulative. Long-term exposure may lead to lung disease, even among people who've never smoked.

Former Texas Rep. Beto O'Rourke is resisting calls to drop his presidential bid to run for Senate. Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper did that on Thursday.

NPR's David Greene talks to movie reviewer Kenneth Turan about Blinded by the Light, which takes place in late 1980s England as an Anglo-Pakistani teenager finds solace in Bruce Springsteen's music.

NPR's Noel King talks to former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld, a Republican who is mounting a longshot primary challenge against President Trump.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Tom Linebarger, CEO of American engine-maker Cummins, about the cumulative impacts of the ever-escalating U.S.-China trade war.