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But William Bratton tells NPR the issue was being corrected. The death of Eric Garner in police custody and the subsequent slaying of two New York City police officers has created a tense atmosphere.

NASA's MAVEN spacecraft on Sunday night fired its six main rocket engines for 33 minutes. That slowed the probe down enough so it could be captured by the Red Planet's gravity.

Milder or wilder? Wetter or drier? A hard, cold look at the future of the season.

A cool Atlantic Ocean and a mild-to-moderate El Niño in the Pacific equatorial region have forecasters predicting only four or five Atlantic hurricanes this year.

In the next decade, thousands of zero-emission trucks and buses could fill the roads. On Tuesday, Massachusetts joined 14 other states in a commitment to…

This is a time of year when it can be hard to imagine that birds are declining. With flocks of sometimes thousands of Tree Swallows swarming the dunes of…

It comes as much of Europe, including Spain and Germany, sees record-breaking temperatures.

The new tax could bring in some $200 million that would be used to support modes of travel that pollute less — such as trains.

Earth has experienced cataclysmic life-destroying events before. NPR's Scott Simon reflects on what this means for humans in the midst of climate change.

Our Earth is in the middle of what may be the hottest summer on record. Scorching new records were set all over Europe this week. What could be more urgent news than the temperature of our planet?