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The president opened a climate summit by announcing that the United States will aim to cut its greenhouse gas emissions in half, based on 2005 levels, by the end of the decade.

Defense witness Barry Brodd, a former police officer and use-of-force expert, told the court that the defendant, Derek Chauvin, followed his training as he pinned down George Floyd with his knee.

USA Swimming CEO Tim Hinchey says he felt "compelled" to ask for a delay to one of the world's largest sporting events, citing disruptions to athletes' lives and competition schedules.

Why are numbers so high in the region? Public health officials point to a number of underlying problems that let the coronavirus run amok.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to actor Alan Alda, who started a center focused on communicating scientific information to the public, on how the dearth of empathy is affecting pandemic messaging.

Shortages of paper and cardboard — plus issues with warehouse and shipping capacity — are causing havoc in the publishing industry right before the holiday shopping season kicks into gear.

President Biden has worked to focus his foreign policy on China. But provocations from Russia keep pulling him away.

Democrats must untangle a potential government shutdown Thursday, a potential federal default, a vote on a $1 trillion infrastructure bill and a related vote on as much as $3.5 trillion in spending.

Beach said that he was sexually assaulted by a video coach for the hockey team in 2010 and that the team did nothing about it for weeks. Beach came forward publicly for the first time Wednesday.

While in Paris, Vice President Harris will get facetime with about two dozen world leaders, including French President Emmanuel Macron.