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Germany's would-be next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, won lawmakers' approval to loosen strict debt rules for higher defense spending as doubts mount about the strength of the trans-Atlantic alliance.

Research into some areas of the world that have a lot of centenarians shows that some of those people are no longer alive. Sometimes the fault is bad record-keeping and sometimes it's outright fraud.

The billionaire philanthropist tells Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep his new TerraPower nuclear plant is safer than traditional builds. He's putting his own money behind the project.

Lower courts have said it's unconstitutional to punish people for sleeping outside if no shelter is available. Cities say these rulings have paralyzed their efforts to manage growing tent encampments.

Drinking alcohol raises the risk of developing seven types of cancer, according to a new advisory from U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy.

Claudia Sheinbaum took the oath of office Tuesday, becoming modern Mexico's first ever female head of state. Sheinbaum assumes power with strong popular support and majority power in the Congress.

President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to "dismantle government bureaucracy," enlisting the help of billionaires to achieve his goals. Federal workers with memories of Trump's first term are scared.

The judge had issued a temporary restraining order against an administration plan to freeze payments for grants and other federal programs, but says the administration has not been fully complying.

Move comes as federal government poised to ban red dye No. 3

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to climate researcher Laura Young, also known as "Less Waste Laura" online, about COP29 and what the conference is like on the ground in Azerbaijan.