The World Health Organization says it wants more information on what caused the death of an employee at a Russian plague research lab. Russia says the woman died of pneumonia of unknown origin.

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Natalize Baszile about her new novel Friends and Family. Can an interracial friendship stand up to the pressure of U.S. life in 2026?

In the meantime, here's what we do know about the bacterial disease of plague — and the variant known as pneumonic plague.

It's likely you've already chewed and swallowed some tasty morsel today. But when did that ability emerge? New evidence ...

The New York Times reporter Greg Jaffe says Hegseth has disproportionately blocked promotions of Black and women senior officers, and he's also been purging the military of transgender people.

As checks from President Trump for health costs hit millions of mailboxes, a poll shows Americans don't trust Republicans on ...

Soon after the Sept. 11 attacks, the U.S. launched what would become a 20-year war in Afghanistan. Some Afghans who helped the U.S. prosecute that war regret it.

Now that 12 B-1 bombers are back in the U.S. after being removed from the UK over security fears, how does that impact the U.S. military's air capability and preparedness?

Christa Pike is conscious again, her lawyers said in a statement on Tuesday, one week after a failed lethal injection left her hospitalized and in critical condition. Pike has been on death row in ...

The U.S. Supreme Court is looking at a case about the U.S. military’s disposal of hazardous munition waste on the U.S. island territory of Guam. The waste dates back to World War II and other past ...

More than 80% of the infrastructure in Gaza has been damaged, according to the United Nations Agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA.

A possible Iranian threat led the U.S. to remove long-range bombers from a U.K. base. And, Israelis are learning that their ...