Some districts are using money from a $1.7 billion legal settlement against e-cigarette manufacturer Juul Labs to pay for the ...

Connecticut is home to many famous actors — including four-legged ones. They have names like Sandy from the show "Annie" and Bruiser from the musical "Legally Blonde." Most are rescues from animal ...

Across the Gulf South, small Black-owned farms are finding ways to use climate-friendly practices to grow crops while also addressing long-standing injustices.

Ten nations are exposing Russian hacking tactics against Ukraine and its allies. For Estonia, one of those nations, it's a major milestone.

As global warming makes cocoa expensive, a German couple is working on a tasty chocolate substitute This news story is funded in large part by Connecticut Public’s Members — listeners, viewers, and ...

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Middle East security and nuclear policy expert Seyed Hossein Mousavian about Iran's nuclear program and U.S.-Iranian relations.

You know that old line, "Tell me what you eat and I'll tell you who you are"? If that's true, then Cristeta Comerford knows the last five presidents of the United States better than almost anyone.

Susan Kahn was in the hospital with terminal cancer, unable to attend her daughter's high school graduation. So the hospital staff brought the celebration to her.

Voting rights groups challenging the state congressional map want the Florida Supreme Court to reinstate a district that gave Black voters in one region the chance to elect their preferred candidate.

Hundreds of thousands of power outages were reported in Louisiana and Mississippi early Thursday as residents in the region braced for possible flooding as Tropical Storm Francine moved inland.

Line cutting can lead to a $145 fine. It's also a violation of ferry etiquette that can unleash road rage -- especially from locals toward visitors and transplants who aren't versed in ferry culture.

Australia has added 750 new species of plants, animals and other organisms to its official list of species living on the continent.