The deep ocean covers most of the planet. Gerard Barron wants his company to be the first to mine it. That's been his dream since 2001, when Barron's then-tennis partner asked him to invest in a first ...

PARIS — A restrictive outdoor smoking ban has come into force in France, a country where café culture, which often includes a glass of wine and a cigarette, is a way of life. As of Sunday, smokers are ...

Jack Moran was born in Superior, Wisconsin, in 1925. Andrew Roth was born on the other side of the world, in Penészlek, Hungary, in 1927. Earlier this month, the two men met in Los Angeles. It was not ...

This story is part of the My Unsung Hero series, from the Hidden Brain team. It features stories of people whose kindness left a lasting impression on someone else. In 1990, when Karen de Boer was a ...

Republican leaders must find a fragile balance on their reconciliation bill between senators seeking to protect programs for the most vulnerable, and those who want deeper deficit reductions.

Michel Martin is the weekend host of All Things Considered, where she draws on her deep reporting and interviewing experience to dig in to the week's news. Outside the studio, she has also hosted ...

One year after the Supreme Court ruled that cities are allowed to remove homeless encampments, Grants Pass — the Oregon city that gave name to the case — can't legally remove an encampment there.

The University of Virginia's President resigned under pressure from the Trump administration. Leila Fadel asks Professor Brenden Cantwell at Michigan State about the impact on public higher education.

Wimbledon's main draw begins Monday with four American men ranked in the top 13. Also, for the first time in the tennis tournament's storied history, there won't be line judges. They've been replaced ...

Local authorities said a man armed with a rifle started a fire on a mountain in northern Idaho and then began shooting at ...

Authorities said a fire was reported Sunday afternoon in Coeur d'Alene and that firefighters began taking gunfire shortly ...