NPR's Rob Schmitz speaks with Joan Casey, who co-wrote a new study that links exposure to wildfire smoke to an increased risk of dementia.

Protesters surged into the capital Islamabad -- amid gunfire and teargas -- as they demanded the release of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan.

President-elect Trump wants to roll back spending that Congress has already approved. But a 1974 law may stand in his way.

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The approval ends years of wrangling that launched a U.S. Justice Department investigation into why Colorado-based Liberty ...

Conservative groups have filed lawsuits against workplace diversity initiatives that prioritize historically marginalized ...

The Onion's bid came out on top, but a bankruptcy judge must sign off on the sale. Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and the ...

These are women murdered by an intimate partner, a family member, a rapist, a stranger randomly assaulting females. Laws do ...

President-elect Trump threatened Canada and Mexico with a 25% across-the-board tariff on all goods unless the countries ...

A release said Fresno County Department of Public Health and Merced County Department of Public Health are working closely ...

More than 200 emergency and medical workers have been killed since last October, Lebanon's health ministry says. Many believe ...

After small pox was eradicated and vaccinations against the disease came to an end, people in parts of Africa started getting sick with something rarely seen before - mpox. Researchers eventually ...