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The Earth's encounter with asteroid 3200 Phaethon on Saturday will be its closest since 1974 — and the closest it will be until 2093. The flyby means good gazing for amateur astronomers.

After a security robot drowned in a fountain in Washington, D.C., NPR's Scott Simon muses on robot suicide, and how long it will be until a robot has the capacity to question its own existence.

In this third film based on their food-tasting show, Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon worry (in the voice of John Hurt) that they'll soon feel as ancient as the dinosaur tracks they find on their travels.

A group of NOLA music lovers has created "A Closer Walk," an interactive map of landmarks like the birthplace of jazz, a recording studio-turned-laundromat and the home of a legendary cornetist.

We take a look at what this year's Black Friday sales indicate about the direction of the economy.

David Greene talks with Renae Merle of The Washington Post about a federal judge's decision in favor of the Trump administration's pick to oversee the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Whetu, an almost 4-month-old brown kiwi at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, is the first female born to her parents. She enjoys staying up all night, eating worms and burrowing.

A cemetery in rural Alaska that was built into the permanently frozen layer of soil is at risk now that the permafrost is melting.

Businesses are using the millions of square feet of underground space to preserve rare stamps, put the finishing touches on brand-new trucks and more.

How did David Sedaris and his Santaland Diaries become a Morning Edition holiday staple? It all started in 1992, when Ira Glass — then a radio producer — heard him at a reading.

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr.Associated Press ATLANTA — Georgia's utility regulators are allowing construction to continue on two new nuclear reactors, despite…

There's been lots of talk about the wave of young members joining the Charlotte City Council. They're already veering away from business as usual - when…

After more than three years, the war in eastern Ukraine between the Ukrainian government and Russian-backed rebel forces continues to simmer amid an increasingly dire humanitarian crisis.

The president says his decision is because the old embassy was sold for "peanuts." Meanwhile, British media speculate that Trump is concerned about a likely negative reception in the U.K.

President Trump has directed federal agencies to look for ways to strengthen work requirements for various aid programs, including Medicaid, food stamps, housing assistance and cash welfare.

The Charlotte City Council Monday night approved a resolution that condemned President Trump, saying he used “racist and xenophobic language.”All nine…

It’s time for a weekly fact check of North Carolina politics. This week we look at remarks by Republican state Sen. Dan Bishop of Mecklenburg County…

The NPR Student Podcast Challenge received dozens of submissions about immigration. The student podcasters shared their stories of hope, struggle and success.

This is the first time prosecutors have directly linked Vincent Gray to the secret effort waged on his behalf in 2010. Gray is seeking a second term in office.

Rachel Boynton's documentary, five years in the making, focuses on two fronts in the oil business, from the strife of Nigeria to the promise of Ghana.