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The highly sophisticated, multibillion-dollar defense system has been under constant redevelopment since its inception in the early 2000s. Here's how it works.

Homes and apartments were damaged or destroyed by a flood in Juneau, Alaska, caused by the melting Mendenhall glacier. Climate change is making these kinds of floods a growing issue around the world.

U.S. Navy continues to fire missiles at Houthi fighters in Yemen. After Iowa, only three major GOP presidential candidates remain. Supreme Court to hear case that could weaken federal rule making.

Ukraine is the first nation with a large-scale nuclear power industry to face a full-scale war. Experts say the risks are daunting.

Oklahoma has joined Florida in allowing videos from the conservative group PragerU in classrooms. Officials say it's a way to give a pro-American education. Critics call it right-wing indoctrination.

China is in the middle of an eight-day nationwide holiday to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day. The government is hoping it will give a big boost to the economy.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks to writer Zadie Smith about her new book "The Fraud."

Attorney General Merrick Garland testifies before Congress since Justice Department prosecutors brought federal charges against President Biden's son, Hunter.

A global four-day work week trial has yielded success stories, including from one small manufacturing company in Willoughby, Ohio, which has no plans to revert back to its old ways.

By a unanimous vote, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a challenge to the FDA’s rules for prescribing and dispensing abortion pills.

The court said that the challengers, a group called the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, had no right to be in court at all since neither the organization nor its members could show they had suffered any concrete injury.

The Welsh-born artist, a co-founder of The Velvet Underground, has been relentlessly creating for nearly 60 years. On his new album, he sounds as alive as ever.