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Private investment is crucial to addressing climate change. But a big barrier to private investment in developing countries is the perception that risks are higher than in industrialized nations.

Authorities are looking for Benjamin Obadiah Foster, who they accuse of kidnapping and assaulting a woman in Oregon — years after he was charged with holding his then-girlfriend captive in Las Vegas.

Pakistani filmmaker Wajahat Malik pulled together an expedition to raft down the 2,000-mile river. He hopes to reconnect people with the Indus, which is being threatened by overuse and climate change.

Even guardians of America's atomic clocks say time doesn't work the way we think it does.

In his California hometown of Bakersfield, voters are mixed over whether he should get the job or focus his attention on oil, agriculture and the local economy.

A new study finds that women are excelling in the book business. Yet, they still lag in other creative industries. We search for an explanation why.

The San Diego City Council Tuesday unanimously approved an amendment in a joint agreement with the San Diego Padres to allow football to be played in Petco Park, clearing the way for the downtown ballpark to host the Holiday Bowl in December.

Falck San Diego officials said they made the move to be more competitive in recruitment.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Congressmen Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., and Congressman Mark Green, R-Tenn., about their trip to Ukraine as the country faces the threat of a Russian invasion.

She was celebrated in folk and country-music circles for her crystalline voice and storytelling skill.