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President Trump's nominee to lead the Bureau of Land Management, which oversees a lot of domestic energy production, is a petroleum industry lobbyist who contributed to Project 2025.

Fish oil is one of the most popular dietary supplements in the U.S. A new study finds most fish oil products make misleading health claims on their labels.

Roughly 581,000 gallons of wine poured out of two burst tanks at Destilaria Levira in Portugal Sunday, which led to a viral video of a "river of wine" coursing down a hilly street.

A backlog at the only alcohol warehouse in Mississippi is causing liquor stores to run out of products to sell.

Supreme Court justices heard arguments about liability for the maker of the popular weed killer Roundup and whether federal law should preempt state lawsuits over health troubles.

After the nuclear catastrophe, the nation's investment in renewable energy soared. Many of those affected in Fukushima started production. But Japan is pushing fossil fuels, causing climate concerns.

Alongside dreamy vocals and psychedelic guitar, Spires taps into the unsettling side of '70s public information films in the new video for "In Between."

When a group of startups set out to solve an age-old problem with new technology, they met unexpected resistance from conservationists who saw the idea as misguided at best — and dangerous at worst.

Vice President Pence is far from being the first vice president caught in an awkward position when presiding over the counting of electoral votes and being obligated to announce his own defeat.

The Tea Party is going all out on Tuesday in Texas on behalf of Ted Cruz, a former state solicitor general who is battling Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst in the GOP Senate primary.

Health care experts say that confirmed deaths represent a fraction of the true number of deaths due to COVID because of limited testing.

The U.S. imports many of its flowers, plants and nursery products from countries like Ecuador, Colombia and Canada. Tariffs may drive up prices. It may mean more opportunity for local flower farmers.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with journalist Amelia Pang about her new book Made In China.

A small study in South Africa has raised concerns about the effectiveness of the AstraZeneca vaccine, particularly in fighting virus variants.

A virtual TV critics summer tour has ended. NPR's TV critic talks about the most interesting programs to expect this fall.

Fashion journalist Dana Thomas' book is a snappy, clear-minded attack on the fashion industry's rampant labor and environmental abuses — and also offers a path forward for consumers and the world.

We are relying more and more on machines to make decisions for us — which route to take, what to buy and where to buy it — but we have no idea how these decisions are made. NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Julia Angwin, a ProPublica reporter, who has spent the year with her team looking at algorithms companies use to decide everything from what headlines we will read to what we will pay for a product. Among her most surprising findings, Asians were nearly twice as likely to get that higher price on SAT prep courses from The Princeton Review than non-Asians.

In his campaign to become president, Donald Trump vowed to bring back coal jobs. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Rob Godby, director of the Center for Energy Economics and Public Policy at the University of Wyoming, about the outlook for the coal industry in the U.S.

Filmmaker Malcolm Lee most recently directed Best Man Holiday. His production company, Blackmaled Productions, focuses on the image of black men on-screen.

There have been a lot of headlines during the government shutdown suggesting that that our food supplies may be at risk as agencies like the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control have furloughed workers. But food suppliers and processors increasingly rely on a large network of private companies to make sure food is safe.