Both major presidential candidates are reimagining swaths of land in the Southwest, much of it federally owned and maintained, as an opportunity to build more housing. Could this work on arid land?

An obituary posted on Facebook mentions Robert Adolph Boehm’s habit of wearing unconventional hats, his possibly dangerous hobbies and his "last unintelligible and likely unnecessary curse." ...

According to official statistics, the average price of fresh vegetables in China rose nearly 20% in August. A visit to the crops in China’s northeast helps explain the price spike.

Samantha Hodge-Williams was terrified as she lay in the operating room. Then the anesthesiologist offered a surprising source of calm.

Six people have been arrested in connection with an international criminal network selling fake bottles of high-end French wine.

NPR's Scott Detrow continues his interview with journalist Bob Woodward about his book War, which details how the Biden administration has navigated Russia’s war with Ukraine and the Israel-Hamas war.

A single father was sentenced to prison after his then 12-year-old daughter was caught with drawings critical of Russia’s war in Ukraine at her local school. He has been freed after nearly two years.

Actor Gael Garcia Bernal draws a question from the Wild Card deck and talks about feeling at home in the theater.

In 2023, the Federal Bureau of Prisons shut down a troubled unit at the prison in Illinois. The former warden is now the director of the federal center that does specialized training of prison staff.

Some one million people in Lebanon have been displaced from their homes. Many of them have crossed the border into Syria -- fleeing one war-torn country for another.

The Small Business Administration's disaster loan program is out of money. While Congress is expected to replenish the funds when it reconvenes in November, small businesses have to wait for relief.

Election day is 20 days away but many Americans are already voting. Harris is campaigning in Pennsylvania with Republicans, while Trump appeared in a Fox News town hall event taped in Georgia.