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Researchers are exploring the impact of interactions with strangers and casual acquaintances. Their findings shed light on how seemingly fleeting conversations affect your happiness and well-being.

President Biden promises federal support to Maui wildfire survivors. Climate change forms a backdrop for extreme weather events. Leaders of five emerging economies meet to talk trade and cooperation.

In Hebron, many settlers have joined the ranks of the Israeli military. Palestinians and Israeli human rights activists say the result has been abuse and harassment.

An experimental technology that might someday allow infertile couples, as well as gay and trans couples, to have genetically related children stirs hope. So far, the technique has worked in mice.

Five years after of one of America's worst wildfires, slow and expensive recovery continues in Paradise, Calif., which could be a portent for what's ahead on fire-stricken Maui.

After Timothée Chalamet showed up at his own celebrity lookalike contest, similar events have popped up in cities across and beyond the U.S. Here's a look at the winners — and what's behind the trend.

The 16-day state fair on the National Mall kicked off with a Trump rally, and not all 50 states are taking part. Organizers say there's nothing partisan about celebrating America's 250th birthday.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with attorney Bakari Sellers about his new memoir, My Vanishing Country.

Tens of millions of Americans have criminal records that can be barriers to employment. An AI-powered app is helping those eligible to expunge their records at a pace not seen before.

A council packed with Trump appointees wants to rewrite historic preservation rules. Critics say that could help him build his D.C. arch faster — and endanger important sites across the country.