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Representatives of developing countries and climate activists were furious over the outcome, saying $300 billion annually from industrialized countries is far short of what vulnerable nations need to better protect themselves from climate change.

A new kind of spiritual adviser is rising among clergy trained in handling grief and other difficult emotions.

NPR's Scott Detrow goes on a hike with Democratic U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, to discuss his new book, Walk Ride Paddle: A Life Outside.

The government in Lahore has closed schools and public spaces and shut down factories. Environmental lawyer Ahmad Rafay Alam shares his perspective: "frustrated" but still fighting.

Wiping out smallpox had an unintended consequence: the rise of mpox in the past few years. Here's the story — starting with patient zero for mpox back in 1970.

Morton and nearby towns in central Mississippi saw the biggest workplace ICE raids in the country in 2019, when nearly 700 workers were arrested from chicken processing plants. Five years later, the impact is still felt here, even as activists and immigrants brace for more workplace raids under a second Trump term.

The NFL is reaching more Latinos than ever. Here's how they've scored with a Spanish-speaking audience.

Victoria Gray, 34, of Forest, Miss., has sickle cell disease. She is the first patient ever to be publicly identified as being involved in a study testing the use of CRISPR for a genetic disease.

With only weeks to a divisive election it can be hard to talk politics. Polarization can damage our relationships and our health. We have strategies to reduce election stress, starting with ourselves.

Musicians Elizabeth Ziff, Alyson Palmer, and Amy Ziff have been in the band BETTY for 38 years. NPR's Scott Simon speaks to them about their latest album, "Eat," and about what keeps them going.

Decades before Motown, Black Swan Records was the world's first major Black-owned record label. Radio Diaries brings us the story of Harry Pace and the mystery that kept him out of the history books.

Chinese immigrants sacrificed to create America's first transcontinental railroad. Its completion may have contributed to a backlash that led to the first major immigration clampdown in U.S. history.

APM Reports shows Iowa's new conservation tool isn't as effective as promised. The state would need to increase installations exponentially to make even a marginal difference in water quality.

During his nine-year Hall of Fame career with the Cleveland Browns, Jim Brown averaged more than a hundred yards rushing in every regular season game. He's the only player in NFL history to do that.

Thirty-four years ago, Daniel Larusso bested high school bully Johnny Lawrence at the All Valley Karate Championship in the beloved '80s movie The Karate Kid. What became of the underdog, Larusso, and his bully-boy rival is the subject of yet another reboot: Cobra Kai. Writers Josh Heald and John Hurwitz talk with NPR's Audie Cornish about the series, now available on YouTube Red.

Special counsel Robert Mueller's team accuses President Trump's former campaign manager Paul Manafort of witness tampering. And, it's the biggest primary day of the year.

SCIMaP co-founder and University of Pennsylvania researcher Alyssa Sinclair recently spoke with WUNC higher education reporter Brianna Atkinson about the potential impact of a 40% Trump-proposed cut to the NIH.

In 2007, North Carolina permanently banned new or expanded hog farms that collect waste in lagoons and spray it on fields as fertilizer. The idea was to shift to cleaner disposal methods at these concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs. But apart from experiments with converting swine waste to biogas, little has changed. Meanwhile, the more lightly regulated poultry industry has exploded, prompting new concerns about poultry waste. David Boraks has more in the second installment of our series "CAFO Country.

The Studio, The Pitt and Adolescence took home top prizes on Sunday. And while the wins were deserving, the telecast was meh. Here are a few takeaways from a night that was a real mixed bag.

Producer Lorne Michaels has said he is looking to shake things up ahead of SNL's 51st season, which starts Oct. 4.