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Extreme winter weather can mean frozen pipes or roof damage. These tips can help your home weather a dangerous winter storm.

Tree experts say Florida communities preparing for climate change should plant more shade trees and fewer palms. Palm lovers are objecting.

The murder case against former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd has gone to the jury.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Samantha Power, administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, about commitments to addressing climate change in light of the COP26 Conference.

President Biden has pledged urgent action on the "existential threat" of climate change. But his struggles to get his plan through Congress may undercut U.S. influence at a global climate summit.

The question arises: Since when did so much of our politics have to do with religion? And the answer is, since the beginning — and even before.

In Hyderabad, India, the dominant dish after the daily dawn-to-dusk fast is haleem, a stew that takes hours to prepare. Some say it's so hearty you could fast for two days after a dish.

President Biden said that while restrictions imposed on travelers from several nations in southern Africa would slow the variant's entry, the U.S. will eventually see cases.

The amount of carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere reached 419 parts per million in May, its highest level in more than four million years, according to NOAA. Fossil fuel use is driving the increase.

For abortion-rights defenders, the fall of Roe v. Wade was a disaster in slow motion. That made the blow no less painful. Thirteen people with personal connections to the issue share their stories.