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NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with Dan Rodricks, a Baltimore Sun columnist, who recently wrote about the tradition of gun violence in America.

Joro spiders came to Georgia about a decade ago and are rapidly proliferating. They're big, beautiful and harmless to humans, but it's too early to measure their potential impact on ecosystems.

At least eight Palestinians have been killed and dozens wounded in an Israeli military operation in the occupied West Bank. What does Israel hope to accomplish as its military targets a refugee camp?

A new study finds that maternal mortality in the U.S. has risen dramatically over the past 20 years. Rates are particularly high among Black and Native American groups.

NPR's Rob Schmitz talks to Los Angeles Times reporter Hayley Smith about the use of a popular fire retardant that critics say is contaminating waterways. Many fire crews insist it's indispensable.

The U.S. has destroyed the last of its stockpile of sarin nerve agent, fulfilling a decades-old obligation.

Americans will launch their own fireworks and attend public displays across the country for the Independence Day holiday. But could drones become the new way to wow crowds?

Ukraine's big offensive against entrenched Russian forces is nearly a month old and is moving slowly. Ukraine says it's too early to reach any conclusions about how it will end.

A woman was showcasing Fred and William, a couple of ventriloquist dummies — really creepy ones. They had belonged to her father. A viewer responded on social media: Put them in a box and burn them.

NPR's Rob Schmitz talks to Natasha Warikoo, professor of sociology at Tufts University, about ways schools can diversify after the Supreme Court struck down race-conscious admissions.