A California school district fights chronic absenteeism in kindergarten by helping parents decide whether their kid is too sick to go to school.

Pakistan is in the midst of a solar boom that has rapidly turned the country into one of the world's largest new adopters of ...

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Washington state Gov. Bob Ferguson after he received a letter from Attorney General Pam Bondi threatening criminal prosecution for impeding immigration enforcement.

The Justice Department says cities and states risk legal action if they fail to comply with federal immigration law. Democratic leaders are pushing back, saying their policies break no laws.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says a Russian cruise missile hit a U.S. electronics plant in the far west of Ukraine. The strike was part of an overnight barrage of more than 600 drones and missiles.

The National Guard has been deployed many times historically. Experts say the president's decision to deploy the Guard as a blanket response to crime in D.C. is a departure from its intended mission.

Families in Connecticut are struggling to find care — and some are heading out of state — following the closure of two ...

Wildfires have always affected air quality in New England. But scientists say climate change is changing how they burn and bringing more smoke to the region.

Organizers behind the Correct The Map campaign say the Mercator map's shrinking of Africa minimizes the continent's global influence — and is just plain inaccurate.

There are "blood," "super" and "blue" moons, and then there's the "black" moon. The "black moon," a rare phenomenon that occurs during a new moon phase of the lunar cycle, will occur this weekend. But ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom's press office is posting over-the-top social media content that mirrors President Trump's style. NPR asks a media and psychology expert about its effectiveness.

A federal appeals court on Wednesday sided with the Trump administration and halted for now a lower court's order that had ...