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Despite Australia promising tougher penalties for a world-first social media ban for children, a new study indicates that six months in, the policy has barely affected youth access.

The Society of St. Pius X has responded defiantly to Pope Leo XIV's excommunication of the neotraditionalist group. What does the excommunication mean — and how will the schism affect the church?

Construction workers don't just stop during the heatwave, they find ways to cope with it. Many work hourly and can't afford not to.

The medical system in Venezuela was already under stress even before the earthquake. Now, medications and doctors are scarce but the need for all kinds of medical care is increasing.

Will the real Daeron please stand up?

Paul Tremblay has made a career of pushing the horror genre in new directions. This time, a woman must use a video-game-like controller to get a man, stuck in a vegetative state, across the country.

Kalshi says it has blocked "dozens" of trades from campaign insiders, but experts say the company's approach leaves lots of potential loopholes. NPR has found at least one trade that slipped through.

The new round of bombing in the Middle East has underscored the precarity of relying on fossil fuels. The war is speeding up the global transition to EVs, solar and batteries, experts say.

There's a new way to age Bourbon in Kentucky. In barges on the Mississippi, which some say gives it a distinct flavor.

After DOGE demolished US international food aid, farm state lawmakers resurrected Food for Peace under USDA. But hunger specialists say USDA is undermining the program's humanitarian mission.

The regulation of AI use in Michigan and other states may not make a difference in what people see, raising questions over whether AI campaign parodies are political satire or something darker.

In his book 'The Midnight Special', author Colin Asher traces how prisons and the criminal justice system shaped American music, from Lead Belly and Johnny Cash to Tupac.