Rain appears to have halted the spread of Japan's worst wildfire in more than half a century, officials said Thursday, as ...

Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen also has deep concerns. She spoke to NHK on Tuesday. She said: "We don't have anything against for the US and Russia sitting down. But of course ...

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Howard Bryant of Meadowlark Media about the Super Bowl matchup between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles, as well as the trade deadline in the NBA. Scott ...

Maggots love to feed on decaying fruit. New research explains how they found this out and the implications for having texture be such a big deal. This news story is funded in large part by Connecticut ...

NPR's Scott Simon talks to husband-and-wife duo Eric Lindberg and Doni Zasloff from the band, Nefesh Mountain, about their latest album, "Beacons." This news story is funded in large part by ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to author and film critic Kenneth Turan about his new book, "Louis B. Mayer & Irving Thalberg: The Whole Equation." Scott Simon is one of America's most admired writers and ...

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Peter McPherson, a former administrator of the US Agency for International Development, about the Trump administration's attempts to dismantle the humanitarian agency. Scott ...

On Sunday Ecuador holds the first round of a Presidential election dominated by the issues of economic insecurity and rising drug gang violence. Carrie Kahn is NPR's International Correspondent based ...

The movie Emilia Pérez leads in Oscar nominations, including one for star Karla Sofía Gascón. But the Spanish actress has recently faced backlash for past tweets. This news story is funded in large ...

NPR's Juana Summers talks with former Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Sheldon Brown about what advice he has for the players heading to the Super Bowl on Sunday. Juana Summers is a political ...

Of the 1,991 stores nationwide (as of the end of last December), about 30% are affected, including those in airports and Tokyo's 23 wards, the company said in a statement on its website. The current ...