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Arizona farmers would be among the first affected by a new proposal to reduce water delivers from the Colorado River. They hope it leads to longer term stability.

Montana's 30-year-old restrictions on mining for precious metals like gold could soon be relaxed, as the mining industry makes a comeback in the U.S.

The World Cup semifinals will feature two thrilling matchups. Morocco, the first African nation to advance this far in a World Cup, will take on defending champion France. Argentina will play Croatia.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Washington Post reporter Kelyn Soong about the rigorous fitness standards for World Cup referees.

Rescue efforts are turning up grim results after Monday's earthquake devastated vast areas in Syria and Turkey. Some people in Turkey are criticizing their government's response.

The new normal of a hotter, drier longer droughts could change diets, pollute air and force ever more desperate measures to find water

There's a national shortage of 911 operators. In Washington state, the situation is so dire that it closed a rural dispatch center. (Story first aired on All Things Considered on Aug. 22, 2022.)

Twenty-year-old Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki is creating quite a buzz. He stunned the baseball world this month by almost throwing two perfect games in a row.

Sherill Baldwin can often be found at an overgrown cemetery in Connecticut. She found it by chance, but now she's part of a movement of "cemetery citizens"--providing some TLC to forgotten plots.

Since the mid-1700s, researchers have classified life with scientific names. But some of them have problematic histories and connotations. The botanical community is trying to tackle this issue.