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A popular rafting river in the Appalachian mountains is still closed a year after Hurricane Helene, because there's just too much debris. Now, rafting guides have come together to help clean it up.

A group of volunteers spends every night for a few months acting as crossing guards for tiny amphibians: migrating salamanders.

The latest figures in China show that the unemployment rate for young people ages 16 to 24 hit a record high at 20.8%. That is more then one in five without a job. What's behind it?

COMMENTARY King Herod — a monstrous Biblical ruler who in the Christmas legend forced Jesus' family to flee their country — has plenty of modern heirs driving our hemisphere's migrant crisis today.

Economists may have a pretty dismal record with predictions. But we're still interested in what they see in their non-existent crystal balls.

The House voted nearly unanimously on Tuesday to force the Justice Department to release the files.

Bad movies can be fun in their own way.

The merger, announced Friday, would bring two of the industry's biggest players in film and TV under one roof. Beyond its television and motion picture division, Warner owns HBO Max and DC Studios.

Donors and corporations are pouring cash into athletic departments across the country, and universities have begun to try to capitalize on the increased attention from their sports programs.

House budget chief and former vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan unveils the House GOP budget plan Tuesday morning. On Wednesday, Senate Democrats will do the same. For more on the GOP plan, Renee Montagne speaks with NPR's Tamara Keith.

President Obama and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta both talked this week about bringing the Afghan War to a close. But the U.S. will maintain at least several thousand troops in the country once combat comes to an end at the end of 2014. The U.S. will spend billions of dollars financing the Afghan security forces.

New data offers further confirmation of a crisis in the U.S. student loan portfolio, in which too many borrowers are not repaying their student loans.

Israel's military says it has expanded its ground offensive in Gaza and is now targeting Hamas strongholds in the south. Liz Cheney says democracy is at stake if Trump is elected again.

The war with Iran stretches into a second week. Is the U.S. winning, and is President Trump looking for an off-ramp?

David Lockwood and Larry Kahn, "the Ali-Frazier" of Tiddlywinks, once again won the World Pairs title. To the professional winkers, the game is far more than shooting discs, or "winks," into a cup.

COMMENTARY As the U.S. cuts off global oil to Cuba, the island's communist regime could get President Trump to back off by offering something he's showing special interest in: dictatorship consulting.

As the district crunches budget numbers based on dwindling enrollment, the district's chief financial officer says the district has to rethink how it does business and runs operations.

The U.S. has concerns violence in Israel and Gaza could spread in the region. Scientists are one step closer to understanding what causes long COVID.

Motor vehicle crashes are a leading cause of death in the U.S. A highway patrol officer explains how drivers should handle emergency scenarios, from extreme weather to aggressive tailgaters.

The new homeland security secretary, Markwayne Mullin, has for years amplified President Trump's false claims of a stolen 2020 election. Here's why that history matters this midterm year.