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NPR's Melissa Block interviews Santa Fe, N.M., Mayor Javier Gonzales about how the city managed to cut water usage by one-fifth while its population grew by 10 percent.

Congressman Rodney Davis was not hurt during the shooting of five people at a Congressional baseball practice in Alexandria, Virginia. Davis plays catcher…

Democrat Sen. Elizabeth Warren says she is forming an exploratory committee for the 2020 presidential race. In a video sent to supporters Monday, she spoke of rebuilding the middle class.

After delaying in-person visits because of COVID-19, Census Bureau workers are heading to unresponsive homes in Idaho, Maine and West Virginia, as well as parts of Louisiana, Missouri and Oklahoma.

Economists — team recession and team soft landing — are facing off about where the U.S. is headed in 2023. At stake is what this year is going to hold for Americans' jobs, finances and futures.

The price of vanilla is 10 times higher than it was a few years ago. That's bringing unimagined wealth to local villages — and problems as well.

Instead of applying crushed limestone to balance pH levels in fields, some farmers are trying crushed basalt. It can trap carbon and could help fight climate change.

During the state's profound drought, farmers are keep their fields flooded to make temporary wetlands for migrating birds. They serve as pop-up pit stops to help birds put on fat for their journeys.

Jury selection begins Monday in the trial of James Alex Fields Jr., who is accused of ramming his car through a crowd of people protesting a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va. Fields is charged with murder in the death of Heather Heyer and faces additional charges for wounding others.

Ford Motor Company is expected to announce its CEO Mark Fields is leaving, to be replaced by Jim Hackett, who runs the company's work on autonomous vehicles.