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Scientists and conservation groups are trying a new and more targeted strategy to bring water back to the final 100 miles of the Colorado River this year. It’s an attempt to reconnect portions of the river left dry from decades of overuse, and it’s happening in one of the driest years the basin has ever seen.

After a big surge in gun deaths in 2020, high-profile mass shootings this spring are a reminder that America's epidemic of gun violence persists.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has commuted the life sentence of a woman convicted of killing her stepfather in 1989. The commutation was one of 20 acts of clemency Newsom signed Friday.

The housing gap between Black and white homeowners has been consistent for decades, and so far it continues to widen.

In the 1980s, false accusations of satanic ritual abuse spread across the U.S. Now, QAnon has revived those fears, borrowing from the playbook of the Satanic Panic from decades prior.

After a stroke, people often lose dexterity in one hand. Now, the Food and Drug Administration has authorized a device that can restore function by encouraging the brain to rewire.

Mask mandates and other interventions can help stop a surge, even where vaccination rates are low, say scientists who've reviewed states' data. When the measures start and how long they last matters.

Mask mandates and other interventions can help stop a surge, even where vaccination rates are low, say scientists who've reviewed states' data. When the measures start and how long they last matters.

NPR's Scott Simon remarks on the sentencing this week of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. The Putin critic was poisoned last year, recovered in Germany, then arrested for violating parole.

San Diego County had another chilly morning Sunday, especially where the wind wasn't blowing, with some valley areas dropping into the 30s, the National Weather Service said.