The Dalai Lama turned 90 on Sunday surrounded by thousands of followers, who thronged the Himalayan town of Dharamshala.

Tropical Storm Chantal grew in strength as it approached the southeast U.S. coast. It's forecasted to bring heavy rains to ...

Iran' s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday made his first public appearance since the 12-day war between ...

The concepts in the MingKwai typewriter underlie how Chinese, Japanese and Korean are typed today. The typewriter, patented ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said he wants the luxury resort on the eastern seacoast to become a "world destination," but ...

Papilio is a picture book told in three parts about three stages of a butterfly's life (there are really four stages but egg ...

NPR's Pien Huang takes a journey to the Smithsonian Folklife Festival to hear from youth voices about how they're telling the ...

Getting exposed to heat and wildfire smoke can impact a baby growing in a pregnant woman's womb. Doctors say that's something to keep in mind as summer heat and wildfires get underway, and they're ...

Ukraine said it struck a Russian airbase on Saturday, while Russia continued to pound Ukraine with hundreds of drones ...

It's natural to feel some skepticism when a celebrity makes a documentary about their own family. But Law & Order star ...

Services that split up payments into installments are increasingly popular, especially among young and low-to-middle income ...

As students across the country don caps and gowns for graduation, big questions about the future loom. One student made a ...