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Nearly half a century after the government of India kicked out Washington Post reporter Lewis M. Simons, journalists there are at risk again. And for similar reasons.

The world's biggest oil company has announced it made $161 billion in profits in 2022, a whopping figure for the corporation and its main shareholder, the Saudi government.

Southern Californians welcomed cooler temperatures from a tropical storm veering off the coast. But officials warn those living further north are at risk for a heat wave and wildfire conditions.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Jan Smutny-Jones, CEO of the Independent Energy Producers Association, about how California's record heat wave nearly broke the state's power grid.

Three people have accused two teachers at the world-renowned music school — composers Robert Beaser and the late Christopher Rouse — of sexual misconduct dating back to the 1990s and 2000s.

Both incumbent U.S. representatives covering western Massachusetts are up for reelection next week. Richard Neal of Springfield and Jim McGovern of Worcester, both Democrats, have Republican challengers, but it's been a quiet election cycle in each race.

A Girl Scout, distressed that the cookies she was selling contained palm oil, went rogue and baked her own to raise money for her troop.

The Navajo Nation says the federal government isn't delivering water it's owed from the Colorado River. The case could affect how much water is available for non-tribal uses.

NPR's Scott Detrow talks to Jessica Weiss from Cornell University about the rising tension with China as Taiwan's president visits the United States.

The Supreme Court vacancy created by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia has the potential to upend the 2016 election. NPR takes a look at what signal the president might send with his choice to succeed Scalia, and how the public might react to Republican leaders vowing to not to confirm anyone.