On Sept. 2, 1945, the Japanese and the Allies gathered to mark the official end of WWII. The process went smoothly until Col.

Life was turbulent for Patrick Furlong after his parents divorced when he was in 8th grade. His father left, so he needed to ...

A military parade in Beijing marking the end of World War II will draw leaders from around the world. It's an opportunity for ...

NPR asks Katherine Carey, deputy head of the United Nation's Office of Humanitarian Affairs in Afghanistan, about relief efforts following the massive earthquake in eastern Afghanistan.

One of the world's largest food brands is splitting apart a decade after a messy mega-merger staged by Warren Buffett.

2013 – The Eastern span replacement of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge opens at 10:15 pm at a cost of $6.4 billion, after the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake damaged the old span.

One of the world's largest food brands is splitting apart a decade after a messy mega-merger staged by Warren Buffett.

More than 250 news outlets around the world have signed onto an appeal that calls for the protection of Palestinian ...

The International Association of Genocide Scholars has declared that Israel's actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of genocide. NPR's Leila Fadel talks with the association's Emily Sample.

After the Trump administration fired its CDC director, former heads of the agency signed a public letter urging Congress to use its oversight powers at the Department of Health and Human Services.

Rescuers are still trying to reach victims after an earthquake on Sunday devastated parts of eastern Afghanistan. The country's disaster management authority says more than 950 people were killed.

Berkeley's People's Park, long a flash point of political and community activism, has been barricaded by stacked shipping containers for more than a year -- but construction on UC Berkeley's student ...