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Online disinformation campaigns thrive in big, polarizing moments for the country — and the impeachment inquiry is no exception.

That giant pile of plastic trash in the ocean just got a little smaller. Dutch inventor Boyan Slat's Ocean Cleanup project recently collected its first plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

Hurricane Dorian exposed a delicate issue: Haitians who are in the Bahamas illegally. Thousands were living on Abaco Island before the storm and were an important part of the local economy.

Kansas City police have arrested one of the two men who are suspected of killing four people in a shooting at a bar early Sunday morning.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks to comedian Aasif Mandvi, host of the Lost at The Smithsonian podcast, about the history behind the guitar Jose Feliciano used to perform at the 1968 World Series.

Protesters in Hong Kong braved the rain and risked arrest by defying a government ban on wearing masks. Police responded with tear gas.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with journalist David Kaplan about the upcoming Supreme Court term, which begins on Monday.

The 22-year-old star gymnast landed a double-double dismount from the balance beam that will now be known as the "Biles," and a triple-double that is being dubbed the "Biles II."

Ten years ago, a judge in Columbus, Ohio, developed a special docket that would direct women forced into sex work toward rehabilitation instead of the criminal justice system.

Nearly a decade after her first appearance at the Tiny Desk, Sharon Van Etten returns with a full band and a bigger, bolder sound.