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Passports are in "unprecedented demand," U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said. In 2022, the State Department issued a record 22 million passports — and 2023 is on track to break that record.

Fort Campbell says the two HH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, part of the 101st Airborne Division, crashed around 10 p.m. Wednesday in Trigg County, Kentucky. The crash is under investigation.

A 90-year-old tortoise at the Houston Zoo has become a father of three. He'd only been with his mate for about 30 years. They're critically endangered radiated tortoises that are native to Madagascar.

British researchers have discovered that the way crickets rub their wings together to sing — is about the closest an insect can come to a dating app.

The FBI is investigating the circumstances surrounding the coal mine blast in West Virginia that killed 29 miners. Sources say the FBI is looking into potential criminal negligence on the part of Massey Energy, the owner of the Upper Big Branch coal mine. Sources also say the probe involves allegations of bribery involving the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration. A Department of Justice spokeswoman denies the mine safety agency is part of the investigation, however.

While some in Congress were please to see the Supreme Court curb President Bush's authority with its Guantanamo ruling, others on Capitol Hill have already set to crafting legislation that would allow the president to handle the detainees as he sees fit.

He's finishing his campaign exclusively in states that voted twice for President Bush. The Democrat is counting on wins in one or two of these to nail down an Electoral College victory on Tuesday.

Dwight Gooden, blessed with a blazing fastball and knee-buckling curve, was the king of New York by the time he was 21 years old. Everyone expected the Mets phenom to be one of the best pitchers in baseball history.

The Biden reelection campaign and Democratic National Committee significantly outraised former President Donald Trump and the Republican Party last month, new fundraising numbers show.

Morning Edition Host David Greene recently returned from a reporting trip to Crimea and responds to questions on Reddit about how the Black Sea peninsula has changed since it was seized by Russia.