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NASA and other federal agencies recently did a tabletop simulation of an Earth-threatening asteroid to see how they'd handle it

The forecast for a hotter-than-normal summer has Westerners on edge, especially with up to a quarter of all U.S. federal wildland firefighter jobs currently unfilled.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Antwan Owens, Jackson State University college football player, about his NIL endorsement contract and the new frontier of college sports.

An editing battle over its "recession" entry prompted Wikipedia to put a temporarily lock on revisions to prevent new users from repeatedly changing the definitions of recession.

This summer, 48 men's national teams will compete in the World Cup's biggest tournament ever. Here are a few of the basics to get you started.

The new anthology, Daughters of Latin America compiles the works of more than a hundred writers from the region.

Ukraine's president is making a last-ditch trip to Washington to try to convince Congress to give more weapons and aid for his fight against Russia.

The Trump administration says it seized an oil tanker off the Venezuelan coast, as Congress presses for answers about U.S. strikes on alleged drug boats and the admiral overseeing the strikes retires.

House Republicans meet Tuesday to hear from the two declared candidates for speaker of the House. The House is currently paralyzed to act on new bills to express support or sent new aid to Israel.

NPR Music's Stephen Thompson breaks down the nominations for next year's Grammy Awards, out Friday. Some of the world's biggest pop stars got major nods, with SZA as the most-nominated artist.