Every year, millions of pounds of garbage pollute freshwater lakes across the U.S. In Minnesota, scuba divers took a deeper look at where all the underwater trash is coming from and how to prevent it.

NPR's A Martinez speaks with Mary Lovely, senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, about President-elect Trump's promise to hike tariffs on imports.

Utility companies have been sued to bankruptcy over downed power lines that caused deadly wildfires in Hawaii and California. A Colorado utility's power shutoff to prevent fire also caused problems.

NPR's Michel Martin talks with Edward Whelan of the Ethics and Public Policy Center about President-elect Trump's influence on Senate Republicans' selection of a new majority leader.

The shootings were part of a wave of violence that erupted as the country plagued by gang violence swore in its new prime ...

A federal judge has ruled that a Louisiana law requiring the display of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms is unconstitutional.

NPR's A Martinez talks with Cary Baker, author of "Down on the Corner: Adventures in Busking and Street Music." ...

Companies in China are fueling a "silver economy" by adapting to serve hundreds of millions of people over the age of 60.

NPR's A Martinez speaks with Brian Murray, of the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University, about President-elect Trump's promise to increase fossil fuel production.

Human rights groups say there have been at least 1,000 attacks by extremist Israeli settlers on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank in the past year. Hundreds have been driven from their homes.

Manchester is where the Industrial Revolution was born. It's also where Marx & Engels lived & coined the term 'proletariat.' NPR looks at the origins of an idea every politician has sought to co-opt.

Denzel Washington is retiring after his next few projects, he said in a recent interview. He is currently on a promo run for ...