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A tribunal in Dhaka sentenced Sheikh Hasina to death for her involvement in the use of deadly force against protesters last ...

Ecuadorians have decisively rejected a series of referendum measures, including plans for U.S. military bases and ...

For some would-be ant queens, the easiest way to take over a colony is to dupe its worker ants into committing regicide.

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Abortion is supported by three out of four Mainers, but a popular network of clinics that provides it alongside primary care is being shut out of Medicaid by the Trump administration.

Ahead of the Winter Olympics in Milan in February, curling superfans turn out in Sioux Falls, S.D., for trials to determine which U.S. team will compete in "chess on ice" against the world.

Ailsa Chang speaks with David Braun, an archeologist, about his team's discovery of a site in Kenya that suggests human ancestors built tools continuously much earlier than previously thought.

One of our NPR College Podcast Challenge finalists brings the story of a group of women who, every week, take an icy plunge into the Connecticut River.

NPR reports for the first time on remarks from a Justice Department official who told prosecutors the U.S. should "just sink" drug boats — six months before drug strikes began in the Caribbean.

Well-meaning city dwellers forgo permits and official procedure to rewild urban areas across the country. In downtown LA, ...