From 2005 to 2023, the number of women serving active-duty roles in the U.S. military rose by 12%, while the number of men fell by more than 10%, according to Pentagon data. A third of active-duty ...

There were 30,000 fewer travelers crossing the Canadian border into Maine in February compared to the same month last year, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection data. The one-month snapshot ...

WIMBLEDON, N.D. — Spring has arrived early on the prairie west of Fargo. Some dirty snowbanks are all that remain behind the grain bin where Justin Sherlock is firing up an old tractor to dump feed ...

This country has a big problem: its children are not good readers. Five years after the pandemic first closed the nation's schools, national test scores show students backsliding in reading all over ...

Team members make final adjustments to the weather station on the summit of Mount Aconcagua. Weather equipment developed at the Mount Washington Observatory is now installed on top of the highest ...

Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency likely violated the Constitution when they effectively shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development, a federal judge has ruled.

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Merry daylight saving time, to all who celebrate! Between the later evenings, milder breezes and prodigious quantities of mud, the oncoming Ides of March often promises hope (for most, at least) and a ...

A construction project in Portsmouth in 2020, which used steel made by Greenland's Novel Iron Works for the building's frame. President Donald Trump’s imposition of a 25% tariff on imported steel and ...

Following a high-profile boat crash in Old Saybrook last year, legislators in the Connecticut General Assembly are considering a bill that would link roadway and waterway DUI convictions with license ...

Massachusetts U.S. Rep. Bill Keating sharply rebuked a House Republican subcommittee chair Tuesday after the Texas representative purposefully misgendered a transgender colleague twice. Republican ...

We'll be recapping what you need to know every Friday morning for the first 100 days of the Trump administration. Get more updates and analysis in the NPR Politics newsletter. From economic and ...