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Wildfires in California have already scorched more than twice the land they burned this time last year. Residents of some towns are figuring out whether it's worth staying in these fire-prone areas.

A river of hot, sugary molasses flooded part of a Boston neighborhood 100 years ago, killing 21 people and injuring dozens. The tragedy led to new safety regulations.

The passenger, Max Berry, took to Twitter early Wednesday, saying Frontier staff treated him like livestock. He has been charged with three misdemeanor counts of battery.

Joe Biden's campaign brought in a big haul in June, outraising President Trump for the second month in a row.

Its name is esoteric, but the diatonic phrygian tetrachord is perhaps the most common sequence in music. WNYC's David Garland tells NPR's Arun Rath how those four notes crop up from baroque to rock.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Laura Jimenez, a journalist in the Spanish city of Melilla on the Northern edge of Africa. Melilla provides migrants an entry point to Europe without crossing water.

What do a railway in Iran, a mountainous national park in Thailand and a spa town in the Czech Republic have in common? They're all part of a newly announced group of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

Talks on Iran's suspect nuclear program wrapped up Wednesday. No breakthroughs came from the talks, but diplomats cite progress toward a solution of this long-running crisis.

Texan Tamyra Mensah-Stock became just the second woman to win gold in wrestling for the United States at the Tokyo Olympics. She's the first Black American woman to ever win gold in the sport.

A Lancet medical journal report finds that human-caused climate change is worsening human health in just about every measurable way. It calls for more urgent action from world leaders.