In this week's episode, we "pump" CivicLex's Adrian Bryant for information about a pump station project with an interesting ...

Federal authorities are clearing homeless encampments across Washington, D.C. as part of President Trump's efforts to crack down on crime and blight in the nation's capital. Where are the unhoused ...

A lack of liquidity is hampering Syria's economic recovery after years of corrupt dictatorship Jane Arraf covers Egypt, Iraq, and other parts of the Middle East for NPR News.

At Vermont's famed Middlebury Language School, opera singers perfect their German — right down to mastering the elusive umlaut.

Two days a year it is hard to find parking in Lanford New York, when everyone turns out for the tractor-pulling competition.

Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have a new clothing option: sleeveless sacred undergarments. It's the time the faith has offered religious clothing without sleeves. Many ...

New research finds when expectant families in rural Kenya are given $1,000 dollars, infant mortality is cut by half.