There was a circle in Maria Burns' yard where grass wouldn't grow and trees died. She knew what it was: An old natural gas ...

A new study in the journal JAMA finds the health of America's children has worsened across several key indicators over the ...

Marine mammal researchers are investigating how sea lions were affected by the longest toxic algal bloom on record off the ...

A beluga whale at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium is the first to successfully recover from general anesthesia in captivity after a surgery to remove a network of cysts.

Stocks tumbled Monday after President Trump threatened to impose new import taxes on more than a dozen countries. Trump pushed back the effective date of those tariffs, however, until Aug. 1.

Leaders of the BRICS group of emerging economies meeting for their annual summit had hoped to downplay any differences with ...

Texas, says residents of areas affected by deadly flash floods in Texas are owed an investigation into what could've gone ...

Kerr County, Texas, experienced the worst of the flooding and has seen the highest death toll. NPR's Juana Summers describes the scene where she arrived Monday morning.

Families in the U.S. and much of the world are having so few babies, national populations are set to shrink and age. The trend is changing American politics and fueling the rise of global populism.

President Trump has begun releasing letters announcing new tariff rates that would go into effect on Aug. 1.

Elon Musk says he is launching a new political party. It comes after Musk's explosive breakup with President Trump. Musk has been critical of Republicans' support for Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill." ...

Officials are still searching for dozens of people missing after catastrophic flooding in central Texas on Friday. More than 80 people died as a wall of water swept down the Guadalupe River. Here & ...