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June 19, 1865, marked a huge turning point for Black people in America. But many slave owners refused to comply. And even celebrating the date was discouraged in the years to come.

The Internet relies on a network of cables, many buried underground along U.S. coastlines. A new analysis finds sea level rise could put thousands of miles of cable underwater in the next 15 years.

NPR's team in Tokyo put together our favorite moments of the Games, where participants showed their athleticism, sportsmanship, and what motivated them to compete.

The back-to-the-land movement of the 1970s did a lot to populate the hills and hollers of our region. Thalia Truesdell was one of the people who came…

Labor Day is supposed to be about celebrating the working people of America, in part by giving them the day off. We jumped in with all of our feet, and…

The handsome chief of the Canadian Cherokee had it all: good looks, a great story, and lots of money. Oh, and one other thing: his story was a complete…

The Grammys demonstrated a brilliant new way to assemble an awards show, and a not-so-brilliant way to choose the winners.

The ultraviolent scenario is made up, but there are economic themes in the hit Netflix survival drama that are all too real in South Korea.

In a fiery speech at Tiananmen Square, Communist Party Chairman Xi Jinping vowed to keep an iron grip on Hong Kong and to conquer Tiawan, and warned foreign forces against trying to bully China.

In 1961, the Army Corps of Engineers’ Rogue Basin Project proposed a dam on the Applegate River for flood control and irrigation that required purchasing…