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The Federal Reserve raised interest rates by another 0.75 percentage points Wednesday, as part of its ongoing effort to fight inflation. The big question is, what happens next.

The government once considered members of eco and animal rights groups top national security threats. But are they domestic terrorists? An upcoming court trial will debate who gets that label.

A wide region was swamped from Houston to rural East Texas, where game wardens rode airboats through waist-high waters rescuing both people and pets.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with former FDA scientist Luciana Borio about the decision by an FDA advisory panel to recommend Pfizer booster shots only for certain people at higher risk for COVID-19.

Another destructive fire season has California searching for ways to prevent it. The Southeast just might have the answers: setting controlled fires before the wildfires come.

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon fights for his life Thursday following seven hours of emergency surgery to stop widespread bleeding in his brain. The massive stroke made it unlikely that he would return to power.

The fighting in South Sudan has intensified. In search of refuge, thousands are pouring into neighboring Uganda.

Obama is the first sitting U.S. president to visit the city destroyed by an American atomic bomb in the closing days of World War II.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Kevin Brennan, who has an autoimmune disease and is vulnerable to infection, about what he's doing to protect himself and his family from coronavirus.

Southwest China's Guizhou province is one of the country's poorest, most remote regions. But Guizhou has some unique advantages, which it is trying to use to transform itself into a big-data hub.