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The world population has topped 8 billion — but the growth rate is slowing. What does this mean for the decades to come?

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Jennifer Waxman, archivist at Tulane University, about the steps people can take to preserve their personal collections from natural disasters.

Former President Donald Trump's false claims about Haitian migrants eating pets in Springfield, Ohio, has energized neo-Nazi and white supremacist groups.

The plant passed a long-overdue emissions test for one of its coal-fired generating units, but still hasn’t passed a test for the other. That raises questions about how the plant will run this winter, a time when the region’s grid looks to fossil fuels as backup power.

Mary Peltola narrowly won a special election that was determined by a ranked-choice voting tabulation. She will become the first Alaska Native in Congress.

For the first time, a Black woman has been appointed as Connecticut’s chief public defender.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with rapper and actor Eve about her new book, "Who's That Girl." The memoir dishes on Eve's rise in the hip-hop world.

Throughout the decades, it's remained as a way for its most loyal players to socialize with friends and escape to faraway lands. Readers and listeners to told us about the game's role in their lives.

Sunday's riot by supporters of Brazil's former president has parallels with what happened in the U.S. on Jan. 6, 2021. But it's also part of a global far-right movement that's opposed to democracy.

Some of the damage from Hurricane Helene in North Carolina could have been lessened with updated building codes, some experts say.