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Letta Tayler recently returned from Iraq, where she documented stories about the militant Islamist group ISIS and abuses by the Iraqi government. She tells Fresh Air what she learned.

The evolution of artificial intelligence has exploded over the past five years, leading to computers that can drive and talk. New York Times' Cade Metz explains how machines are learning on their own.

Front Page P.M. Airs Fridays at 6:30 after Marketplace(1.) MURRAY ALCOHOL VOTE–- This July 17th, Murray residents will head to the polls to decide whether…

State environmental officials have tracked down the cause of a recent fish kill in southern Kentucky to a cattle feed lot in Logan County.The state…

A monkey stumbled into the largest hydropower station in East Africa and managed to set off a chain reaction that caused a countrywide blackout lasting more than three hours.

The Sonoran desert toad secretes a potent toxin that can make people sick. Despite the risks, some people have discovered that the toad's toxic secretions contain a powerful hallucinogenic.

Through the rest of the month, the zoo is inviting the public to commemorate the departure of the three giant pandas who will return to China in December. A shutdown could kill the party's finale.

New York Times reporter Kenneth Vogel speaks with NPR's Steve Inskeep about his new book, "Devils' Advocates: How Washington Lobbyists Get Rich Enabling Dictators, Oligarchs, and Arms Dealers."

There is speculation that board members — who signed nondisclosure agreements several months ago — could move during a meeting Thursday on a sell or merger with Evansville, Indiana-based Deaconess Health.

The Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology has just finished digitizing its huge archive of wildlife sounds — more than 9,000 of them — and made it available online.