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An announcement of famine — as has now happened regarding Gaza — is a complicated decision. Here's what must be considered before such a declaration is made.

President Trump's U.K. state visit this week won't include the Scottish island where his late immigrant mother was born. Mary Anne MacLeod was a Gaelic speaker who learned English as a second language.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Keith Humphreys, professor at Stanford, about the falling prison population in the U.S., and the reasons behind that trend.

This week, no album can unseat last week's champion: BTS's Arirang, which holds on to the top spot thanks to another flood of sales.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Sherrilyn Ifill, of Howard University School of Law, about the opening the 14th Amendment Center for Law and Democracy.

President Trump says his deportation campaign prioritizes violent criminals. But immigration authorities are detaining migrants who thought they were protected by a program that helps crime victims.

Nearly two dozen state prisons last week imposed sweeping restrictions on their incarcerated population -- including shutting off all outside communication. Now, hundreds of prisoners are reported to be on a hunger strike to protest the system's largest restrictions since the pandemic.

Harrods, the iconic luxury department store, has become the latest British retailer to fall victim to a cyberattack.

In urban environments, heat gets absorbed and released by the pavement, buildings and other objects. A new study says that an underestimated factor in urban warming is heat radiating from parked cars.

White House executive orders and legislation in many states have targeted the rights and protections of trans people. For some, that has meant increased financial worry.

The odd-looking pre-historic paddlefish is threatened in many states. However, in some, like Minnesota, its numbers are growing. And local officials are tracking the fish's numbers and locations.

Several factors help determine whether a given earthquake will generate a dangerous tsunami, but the process is not yet fully understood.