Former President Jimmy Carter's funeral services begin in Washington, D.C., today, and NPR will have special coverage of the ...

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The next stop in former President Jimmy Carter's six days of funeral services is Washington, D.C., where he will lie in state ...

The White House says President Biden has now protected a total of 674 million acres of lands and waters — a record for any ...

McDonald's says it is changing some of its inclusion standards, becoming the latest large company to announce it is rolling ...

NPR readers share their best methods for finding missing objects — from tiny screws to lost wallets. One favorite tip? Use a good flashlight.

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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced he is stepping down ahead of this year's general election.He had faced mounting pressure to resign — from both allies and opponents.

Many Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas in January, not December. In Lebanon, Christians say the holiday is extra poignant for them this year.

Is ISIS having a resurgence? NPR's A Martinez talks to Aaron David Miller, senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, about how ISIS is adapting its tactics to survive.

Scholar and editor, Deborah G. Plant, shares with NPR the process of rescuing Zora Neale Hurston's posthumous novel, "The Life of Herod the Great." ...