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As the crisis in Puerto Rico continues, thousands of residents have left the island and many others are trying to depart. But leaving hasn't been easy as flights have been diverted for relief work or canceled all together.

If you're walking across a street in Honolulu, you'll want to put your phone away. A new law went into effect today making it illegal for a pedestrian to be looking at a screen while crossing the street.

NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with Peter Pham, director of the Africa Center at the Atlantic Council, about the status of ISIS in Africa after four U.S. soldiers were killed in Niger weeks ago.

President Trump could ask Janet Yellen to stay on as Fed chair, but other names are also circulating. Will the next chief lead the central bank to boost rates more quickly than currently planned?

The 33rd president is remembered for dropping atomic bombs on Japan to end World War II, but his legacy is rich and it offers lessons to the man in the White House today.

The Houston Astros won one of the wildest World Series games ever Wednesday night — to even the series against the LA Dodgers. The game went into extra innings with both teams slugging home runs.

Rural and Migrant Ministry is a New York non-profit that has worked in support of farmworkers’ rights for more than 30 years. Today and tonight in…

Steve Inskeep talks to Gov. Tom Wolf of Pennsylvania, who shares his state's struggle with heroin and opioid abuse. More than a dozen people a day in Pennsylvania die from overdoses.

The Jet2 plane that was flying from Glasgow, Scotland, to the Greek island of Crete, normally carries 189 passengers. Karon Grieve said the experience of being the only passenger was "surreal."

In 1917, Bolsheviks led by Vladimir Lenin destroyed the tradition of czarist rule in one of the most explosive political events of the 20th century.