San Mateo County has launched a new county office to help enforce laws against wage theft, particularly among vulnerable ...

It started as a one-off dinner with a chatbot — a night of shrimp, sarcasm — then veered into something unsettlingly human.

Doctors are writing "social prescriptions" to get people engaged with nature, art, movement and volunteering. Research shows ...

The floods in Texas have killed at least 120 people. The tragedy has raised serious questions about the catastrophic impacts ...

Antonia Juhasz reports that the new law compounds the already $17 billion in direct federal subsidies US taxpayers pay to oil ...

Residents of a riverside community in Napa County are being forced to confront sea level rise — and conflicts about how to ...

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman about what he says is the "unprecedented" use of tariffs by President Trump to send political messages.

Climate change is increasing the risk of dangerous floods. But people often balk at the cost of flood insurance, especially since many doubt they need protection.

Temporary protected status for Afghan refugees in the U.S. ends Monday. Hundreds could face deportation back to Afghanistan, which is now under Taliban rule.

Polling suggests a drop in support for the Trump administration's immigration policies and its aggressive deportation agenda.

Jannik Sinner beat Carlos Alcaraz in the men's singles final at Wimbledon on Sunday. Between them, the two have won every Grand Slam in the past two calendar years.