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Rolling blackouts and power shortages make it hard to get anything done in Africa — from cooking a hot breakfast to running a small business.

Five years since the idea was conceived, the Scioto Greenway opens to the public Tuesday, on time and on budget. A dump truck spreads dirt along the west…

Since online threats targeting black students were posted online, black students have found ways to support each other.

Reliable data has been missing from the national debate. That's changing. An analysis by NPR member station KPCC found that from 2010 to 2014, 375 people were shot — and no officers were prosecuted.

Bloomberg's Zainab Fattah in Dubai, and Joerg Lau, foreign editor for Die Zeit in Berlin, put the reaction to Donald Trump's comments on Muslims into context.

The National Park Service is weighing a Texas company's proposal to do seismic oil testing in the Big Cypress National Preserve, but some worry it will open the door for fracking in the Everglades.

More than 21,000 are out of work this year from California's drought, a study says. The majority are farmworkers, and those lucky enough to have a job are often working longer hours for less money.

Under a new partnership between HBO and Sesame Street, PBS stations will screen new episodes of the children's show nine months after they appear on HBO. NPR's Scott Simon talks to media correspondent David Folkenflik.

Melissa Gilbert is running for a congressional seat in Michigan. She's the latest in a long line of celebrities with political aspirations.

Perhaps the most controversial issue on Capitol Square to start the New Year is how to deal with unemployment benefits. There’s a bill that makes...