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An earthquake early Tuesday in the south Pacific sent tsunami waves crashing into Samoa and American Samoa. Charles McCreery, director of the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, says he isn't sure if the warning reached people in time. But, he says, there would have been natural warning signs of a tsunami.

NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly talks with Jackie Faherty, an astronomer at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, about why summer solstice came so early this year and what it signifies.

A team of researchers and artists in Australia has grown cells from a dead composer's brain to create new "music" which can be heard in a gallery — raising questions about the nature of creativity.

Canadian police are searching for two suspects after a stabbing spree. Germany announces a multibillion dollar inflation relief package. And, support for unions is rising.

A Kansas law will allow students to carry concealed weapons into their college classrooms, and many teachers aren't happy about it.

The disturbances at Donald Trump's rally in Chicago last night were the culmination of tension and incidents of violence that have been building around the Republican front runner's campaign.

Kalanick reportedly agreed to resign after a shareholder revolt and scandals involving the workplace environment. An ex-Uber engineer had blogged about how her sexual harassment case was mishandled.

Ursula Wilder is a CIA psychologist who counsels spies heading to or returning home from hostile environments. But how do you provide mental health services to patients who are professionally trained in the art of deception?

Many first-year college students think their peers have more friends than they do, a study finds. But that can actually help motivate students to make new connections.

Unit 5 wants students back into its buildings by mid-October. But in the meantime staff is training for a districtwide remote learning scenario that’s…