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North Korea's official news agency says nearly 190,000 people are being isolated for treatment across the country.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Jack Goldstone, a professor of public policy at George Mason University, who writes about population trends, about the world's growing population.

Nearly half of all Tennessee working families cannot afford the basic cost of living in their counties, according to new analyses of Census and federal economic data by the United Way of Tennessee.

Latinos with darker skin tones are more likely than those with lighter skin to say they've been discriminated against, according to a new national poll by the Pew Research Center.

NPR's Audie Cornish interviews New York Times reporter Helene Cooper about her experience on a U.S. Navy Cruiser in the South China Sea during an encounter with a Chinese naval frigate. The diplomatic dance between the vessels illustrates the tensions over the disputed waters.

A new CDC report finds that in 2022, over 7 million children and adolescents in the U.S. had gotten an ADHD diagnosis at some point in their lives. That’s 1 out of every 9 kids. And it's a million more kids than in 2016.

The USS Lincoln has been at sea since late last year, part of the administration's war with Iran. Military families are worried about the conditions sailors are living under.

When a group of startups set out to solve an age-old problem with new technology, they met unexpected resistance from conservationists who saw the idea as misguided at best — and dangerous at worst.

casino/hotel/entertainment center, the so-called "Stratosphere," which lays claim to being the highest building west of the Mississippi with the worlds highest roller coaster.

The State Department inspector general says six executives at the U.S. Agency for Global Media were unfairly punished after they raised concerns about steps taken under Trump appointee Michael Pack.