More people have moved to areas of the state with natural amenities in recent years, as second homes and ability to work ...

Meanwhile, environmental groups and some lawmakers are preparing to challenge broader landfill siting regulations, which took ...

Texas Republicans want to redraw the state's congressional districts to gain an advantage in next year's election. U.S. Rep.

A study analyzed decades of births and found that larger families showed a distinct tendency toward all girls or all boys, ...

NPR newsroom chief Edith Chapin says she's leaving the network. She made the announcement just days after Congress voted to ...

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks with Tracy Slater, author of "Together in Manzanar," which tells the true story of a family of ...

Maine’s piping plovers are having their best year on record according to the latest census of the endangered shore birds.

NPR has learned that the Pentagon has also approved the expansion of the U.S. Naval Base on Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for the ...

The amicus brief, filed by the Conservation Law Foundation on behalf of almost 20 community organizations and local ...

The law allows licensed chiropractors who primarily serve people to more easily serve animals too, mostly dogs and horses.

Two shootings earlier this summer drew headlines about public safety at Hampton Beach. But the boardwalk remains popular, with beachgoers shrugging off any concerns.