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NPR's Leila Fadel talks with Susan Joy Hassol of the nonprofit Climate Communication about the increasing toll from extreme weather events nationwide.

California's 1996 ban on affirmative action at public universities offers clues about how students and the economy may be affected if the U.S. Supreme Court strikes down the policy nationwide.

The pandemic fueled a tech boom, but now tech companies are scaling back hiring and hunkering down for a tougher economy than expected.

New York City has more that 400 subway stops. One straphanger is trying to break the record for reaching all of them the fastest.

As the movie "Oppenheimer" plays in theaters across the country, families affected by fallout from atomic testing in New Mexico are pushing Congress for compensation.

Cocoa prices are on the rise because of changing climate patterns and extreme weather.

The 26-year-old suspect in the killing of CEO Brian Thompson appeared in federal court on Thursday, where he was charged with murder, a crime that carries a possible sentence of the death penalty.

Israel said Sunday it will close its embassy in Ireland as relations deteriorated over the war in Gaza, where Palestinian medical officials said new Israeli airstrikes killed over 46 people including several children.

Christmas and Hanukkah rarely fall on the same date, but this year they do. One mixed-faith family in Oakland, Calif., doubles down for double whammy holiday.

Democrats on Capitol Hill remain divided over doubts about President Biden's fitness for the campaign even as Biden himself says he is not dropping out.