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Coal is booming. Coal is dying. Both sentences are true to some extent, as Kelly McEvers and Chris Benderev found out while reporting from central Appalachia for the podcast, Embedded.

Boaters in Kentucky will be under a little extra scrutiny today as state law enforcement agencies participate in the nationwide Operation Dry Water…

The last piece of published writing from one of America's greatest writers was a series of letters he sent back from the front lines of war at the age of 64. John Steinbeck's dispatches shocked readers and family so much that they've never been reprinted — until now.

Soup kitchens and homeless shelters are struggling to keep up with demand, even as volunteering is on the decline.

The Justice Department says it will no longer use court orders to obtain journalistic materials. This comes after disclosures about the department's efforts to investigate various news organizations.

In an update on a report from last month, a bald-eagle egg found on Santa Cruz Island has hatched, and researchers are watching closely to see how it grows.

Behind the scenes of NPR's recent reporting trip to North Korea, where a government-assigned minder stymied the team at nearly every turn.

Local authorities say a 20-year-old male opened fire on Thursday at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg in western Oregon. At least seven are dead.

The intelligence estimate says the terror network will bolster its operations in the U.S. It has also rebuilt its senior leadership and restored its safe havens in Pakistan.

The first wave of the Ebola virus struck Liberia's northern Lofa County back in March. Correspondent Ofeibea Quist-Arcton traveled to Lofa, and speaks to NPR's Scott Simon about the current situation.