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A toxic algae bloom is killing fish, turtles and dolphins and discouraging tourists from visiting Florida's Gulf Coast. It's not the first such event, but it is especially intense.

A pterosaur is not a dinosaur, but the oldest known powered flying vertebrates. Brigham Young University students and teachers have published the result of their findings of the oldest known fossil.

Atlanta is one of the biggest cities in the country — and it has a problem with crumbling sidewalks. Now, a group of disabled residents is suing, claiming the broken pavement violates federal law.

In Uganda, a deadly showdown between opposition supporters and members of the president's entourage ended with a leading opposition politician in detention and his driver dead.

A Turkish military officer who was assigned to NATO speaks about escaping the country's purge after spending 16 months in jail.

Road safety takes precedence this time of year as school starts again and the roads are filled with buses and busy parents. School zones and sidewalks are…

RENO, Nev. (AP) — A Reno police sergeant has filed another discrimination lawsuit against the city.Sgt. Laura Conklin won $54,000 in settlement money in…

The new school year started Monday for the 322,000 students and 39,000 staff members in the Clark County School District. And it’s the first school year…

More than 100 former Ohio State University students have reported sexual misconduct committed by physician Dr. Richard Strauss. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Ron McDaniel, a former OSU tennis player, who says Strauss molested him as a freshman.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Rep. Brian Higgins, D-N.Y., who has spoken publicly about his opinion that it's time for new Democratic leadership as more than 40 nominees for House seats have said they would not vote for minority leader Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House.