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Former Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate Edmundo González has fled into exile after being granted asylum in Spain.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Carleton University professor Aaron Ettinger about the expected impact on Canada of Donald Trump's re-election as U.S. president.

Firefighters working on the nation's largest current wildfire, burning in southern Utah, are being challenged by historic weather conditions. Extreme wildfire behavior is expected to continue through the weekend.

The Queen of Soul is looking for a prince or princess of Puccini in a new competition for opera singers. And she's the one judging.

Darline Graham was sworn in on Tuesday during a brief ceremony on the floor of the Senate. She was appointed to fill the seat of her late brother by South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster.

Pioneering scientist J. Craig Venter has died at 79. His "whole genome shotgun method" helped genome sequencing become faster and cheaper.

In the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, flocks of colorful macaws that once brightened city skies now face disappearing nest sites — and with them, a unique urban bond.

Warner Bros. says Paramount's sweetened bid to buy the whole company is "superior" to an $83 billion deal it struck with Netflix for just its streaming services, studios, and intellectual property.

Deadly floods on July 4 highlighted Texas' vulnerability. A state study found Texas leads the nation in flood-related property damage and fatalities. So what is it doing about that?

NPR and the PBS series Frontline investigate the forces keeping communities from building resiliently, and the special interests that profit even when communities don't.