A note from Wild Card host Rachel Martin: Ann Patchett is a hugely popular writer. She was a Pulitzer finalist for her book The Dutch House. Her most recent novel, Tom Lake, was a New York Times ...

Statewide efforts to adopt open and nonpartisan primaries, as well as ranked choice voting, failed in this year’s election, ...

Coalfield residents across the country feel ignored as their homes sink and flammable gas rises from underground mining. In ...

There’s an area in China that’s home to a huge trove of dinosaur fossils. It used to be thought it was formed through a Pompeii-like volcanic eruption, stopping dinosaurs in their tracks.

President-elect Trump has excelled at creating his own media image, from his earliest days as a real estate baron. His ...

Voters in two red states, Alaska and Missouri, approved ballot measures to raise the minimum wage and require employers to ...

Three people have been charged in connection with the death of Liam Payne, a former member of musical group One Direction who ...

Black-footed ferrets are one of the most endangered mammals in North America with only an estimated 370 in the wild, ...

It is a major victory for Republicans and a serious blow to Democrats’ efforts to maintain their majority in the Senate.

Federal, state, and local authorities are investigating the offensive messages that have been sent over the last two days.

Despite Donald Trump’s focus on fossil fuels, his return to the White House won’t derail clean energy, analysts and activists ...

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