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Retired Marine Colonel Doug Applegate is running for the seat he nearly won back in 2016.

States are passing laws that limit a doctor's ability to prescribe opioids. Doctors and patients alike are wrestling with what that means in cases of chronic pain

Overwhelming crowds forced authorities to shut down viewing of a super bloom of poppies on hills around a small Southern California city.

Empty classrooms in Puerto Rico, and more in our weekly education news roundup.

State officials, environmental groups and oil-industry analysts say California has solid regulatory and legal means to stop offshore drilling off the West Coast.

Allyson Felix and her teammates on the U.S. women's 400-meter relay team get a second shot to make the final, after successfully arguing that other runners made them drop the baton.

These interactive charts, says a World Bank data scientist, paint a "pretty good" picture of the world.

The cyclone made landfall in Mozambique on Thursday and has destroyed roads, bridges and homes, leaving people stranded and displacing tens of thousands.

Over the last five years, global light pollution has increased nearly 10 percent, a new study shows, The fastest rise occurred in developing nations.

As luck would have it, NPR reported plenty of stories this past year of people who have been fortunate — whether by gaining something good, or escaping something bad. Here are seven "lucky" tales.