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The extreme warming trend continues, and scientists fear that floating sea ice will be gone by midcentury. That will have extraordinary effects closer to home.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Faysal Itani of the Atlantic Council about the future of Syria and President Bashar Assad as the civil war there shows no sign of ending.

As the East Coast braces for a winter storm, yes, it's rather chilly. It's colder in South Dakota than it is at the South Pole. It's colder in Jacksonville, Fla., than in Juneau, Alaska.

Many houses in the Old San Juan neighborhood of La Perla flooded or collapsed completely, leaving people homeless and sleeping in the ruins.

The November election is about 50 days away, with no major statewide candidates this year. That leaves room for both sides of a controversial drug price…

Ahmed Abu Khatallah, the first man to face justice over the deadly 2012 attack on a U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, was convicted on terrorism charges, but was acquitted of murder.

Pascoal, 81, occupies a special place in Brazilian music. Though he began to make his name in post-bossa nova Rio de Janiero, Pascoal's taken his music way past that — deep into the Amazon and beyond.

Stocks were down sharply on Thursday in a selloff that took the Dow Jones industrial average down more than 1,000 points.

For 40 years, Alaska has been putting its oil money into a giant savings account. But now the oil — and the money — are drying up.

NPR's Scott Simon talk with legendary break dancer Richard "Crazy Legs" Colón about New York City's biggest break dancing competition and the early days of the dance form.