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Noise from roads, airports and equipment like leaf blowers has been linked with serious health impacts. Decades ago, the U.S. government passed a law limiting it, but it has no teeth.

A plan to quintuple Michigan’s earned income tax credit advanced out of a state Senate committee Tuesday.

Nonprofit hospitals pay their CEOs generously, and their compensation keeps getting larger. Some researchers wonder if the ballooning paychecks align with what’s best for patients and taxpayers.

The development comes just days before the third anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

"Depending on the outcome, it will either be viewed as genius or the dumbest political move in history," political science professor Patricia Crouse told NPR.

After the ouster of Syria's longtime leader Bashar al-Assad last month, Israel's military has taken up a new post in the demilitarized buffer zone created in Syria after the 1973 Arab-Israeli war.

A new survey shows Americans are unhappy with the service they're getting — and are not afraid to let people know about it.

Texas officials are urging coastal residents to evacuate as the storm nears. Beryl, now a tropical storm, is expected to regain hurricane strength in the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico.

Challenging perceptions of the US-Mexico border: A new Texas art project uses music, photos and storytelling to highlight the the rich cultural tapestry beyond headlines of migration and enforcement

A beloved heirloom variety of New Mexico red chile commands high prices because of its scarcity. Finding farmers to continue cultivating it has become a challenge.