Large part of Southern California are once again under wildfire risks as strong winds and dry conditions return through Wednesday. At least 153,000 Angelenos have had to evacuate their homes and ...

Reporters covering a Chinese dissident in Europe were accused of making bomb threats. An NPR investigation now has them wondering if it was the work of the Chinese government or someone else.

A spacecraft skimmed past Mercury this week, beaming back stunning new images of the surface and showing ... core takes up 80% of the planet. As NPR's Joe Palca reports, one of the most intriguing ...

A spacecraft skimmed past Mercury this week, beaming back stunning new images of the surface and showing once again ... But Mercury's metal core takes up 80% of the planet. As NPR's Joe Palca reports, ...

Also, sign up for NPR's breaking news alerts ... attempt to limit the devastation from multiple wildfires. Images of vivid red clouds enveloping trees and scrubland in a wildfire often prompt ...

A divided U.S. Supreme Court rejected President-elect Donald Trump's request to stop his sentencing in the New York hush-money case, scheduled for Friday. The court, in a rationale for its order ...

Florida judge blocks release of special counsel report on Trump cases Florida federal judge Aileen Cannon ordered the Justice Department not to share Jack Smith's final report until a federal ...

Satellite images by Maxar Technologies show homes and ... Click through to LAist's coverage for the latest. NPR's Maureen Pao contributed to this report.