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PJ Harvey's new album, I Inside The Old Year Dying, builds off of a narrative poem she wrote about a year in the life of a 9-year-old girl in a fictional town in western England.

More than half of people who get abortions use the two-drug regimen of mifepristone and misoprostol to terminate their pregnancy.

It was meeting among the leaders of Mexico, the United States and Canada. But all eyes were on President Biden and his Mexican counterpart, whose initial meetings were awkward to say the least.

A technology that could help combat climate change is being championed by an unlikely proponent: Occidental Petroleum, a big oil company. And that's raising all kinds of knotty issues.

The ozone layer is a thin shield in the stratosphere that protects humans and the environment from harmful levels of the sun's ultraviolet radiation.

Opera Ebony was formed when opportunities for Black singers were few and far between. The company celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, but may not survive its 81-year-old founder.

Israeli intelligence has been tracking Hamas closely for years. Why was the group able to plan and carry out such widespread and deadly attacks?

The International Maritime Organization plans to issue a new strategy to make shipping more environmentally friendly.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with climate scientist Alex Hall about the temporary relief that Hilary has offered the drought in California.

Phoenix is clearing the encampment known as The Zone to comply with a court order. Another ruling orders the city to provide somewhere for unsheltered people to go. The question is where will they go?

San Francisco LGBTQ publication The Bay Area Reporter grew from an early 1970s “gay bar gossip rag” into one of the most influential LGBTQ newspapers and online news outlets in the country. The B.A.R.'s publisher and news editor reflect on turning 50 in these tough times for independent media and on a half-century of queer history.

Scientists like Brice Dellandrea are trying to determine what time it is on the moon. Dellandrea is with the European Space Agency which is thinking about giving the moon its own time zone.