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Navy hospital corpsman James Edward Brown wasn't far from U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut in 1983 that were the target of a terrorist attack. At StoryCorps, Brown remembers what he saw that day.

Day took on meaty roles in films like The Man Who Knew Too Much and Love Me or Leave Me, but in the late '50s she settled into romantic comedies and a persona that would stick: the good girl.

Testimony continued Wednesday in the trial of two men, each charged with 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter in a 2016 blaze that overcame an Oakland warehouse known as the Ghost Ship, with one witness testifying about his efforts to get others to flee the blaze. Prosecutors say the defendants — Ghost Ship master tenant Derick … Continue reading Ghost Ship Witness Testifies on Efforts to Get People to Flee Deadly Blaze →

School districts are inconsistently implementing new laws intended to prevent bullying and cultivate inclusive learning environments for LGBTQ students in the state’s public schools.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Col. Christopher Hussin, of Army Corps of Engineers in Oklahoma, about the state's levee system and the threat it faces from historic flooding.

The flood risk maps put out by the federal government are notoriously outdated. Many elected officials have suggested fixing the problem by prioritizing funding for a mapping technology called LiDAR.

Executives with Carnival Corporation, the world's largest cruise line, were in court explaining why its ships continue to dump plastics and other pollutants into waters in the Caribbean and Alaska.

A House hearing will demand answers from FBI and Homeland Security officials on why the White House has failed to acknowledge that far-right violence is now the deadliest form of domestic extremism.

The decision, which hands abortion opponents a victory, overrides the advice of scientists that there's no other way to tackle some health problems.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Sports Illustrated's Jon Wertheim about Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal renewing their rivalry at the French Open.