Deborah Nantenza learned about cervical cancer screening at a hospital in eastern Uganda, a rural region where early diagnosis is rare. She knew women who had died of the disease yet feared being ...

Eric Adams, former mayor of New York City, announced his "NYC Token" on Monday. The meme coin would fight "anti-Americanism" and antisemitism, he said, and "teach our children how to embrace the ...

Prosecutors face multiple challenges in proving Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro played a central role in a cocaine-trafficking conspiracy that spans some two decades.

Problems with the plumbing system on board America's newest aircraft carrier are getting worse. Issues with the toilets on the USS Ford continue even as it continues its deployment to the Caribbean.

In a video posted to social media Thursday, President Trump announced an outline for new health care legislation. The plan does not include a remedy for people who buy their health insurance on ...

Conservation experts say the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to delay new wastewater treatment standards for coal ...

Rural communities in Kentucky may find it harder to vote by mail due to a new U.S. Postal Service rule which changes the postmark process.

Jason DeRose is the Western Bureau Chief for NPR News, based at NPR West in Culver City. He edits news coverage from Member station reporters and freelancers in California, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, ...

Rob Schmitz is NPR's international correspondent based in Berlin, where he covers the human stories of a vast region reckoning with its past while it tries to guide the world toward a brighter future.

Scott Adams, the controversial cartoonist who skewered corporate culture, has died at age 68, He announced in May 2025 that he had metastatic prostate cancer and only months to live. Months later, in ...

Kentucky’s pension funding levels have improved despite nearly two decades of challenges, retirement experts said.

The fallout from the US attack on Venezuela and the focus on oil interests have largely eclipsed urgent concerns about the country's entrenched human rights abuses and democratic erosion.