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Look closely at the colors decorating the sand beneath your feet and you’ll find a surprising amount of something that doesn’t belong: trash. One woman has a unique solution for what to do with it.

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown wants to figure out what federal aid can accomplish before drawing down the state's uncertain funds.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions used a passage from the Bible to defend a controversial Trump administration immigration policy. Sessions' action is drawing criticism from some evangelicals.

Rep. Carl Wilson says his depleted caucus isn't even a "speed bump" for dominant Democrats in the upcoming session. He's focused on winning seats in the 2020 election.

Airlines lose a passenger's bag every 90 seconds.

NPR transcribed more than 2,000 hours of radio communications from the LA fires. The analysis shows hydrants going dry and first responders fighting fires despite scarce resources.

Host John Ydstie tells the story of a retired NFL football player who lost his Super Bowl ring and the Tulane University student who found it. The football player is Warren Bankston, who went to the Super Bowl in 1977 with the Oakland Raiders. The Tulane student is Jessica Thompson.

Incoming North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper will have one of the toughest jobs in politics in 2017. The Democrat will govern one of the most divided states in the country.

The news came hours after the announcement that debris from the Titan, collected from the seafloor more than 12,000 feet below the surface of the North Atlantic, had arrived in Newfoundland.

One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck Russia's Far East early Wednesday, sending tsunami waves into Japan and Hawaii and across the Pacific.