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You don't have to be Catholic to connect with Claire Luchette's vivid story of a lonely young woman yearning for community — and also for everything she gave up to be part of that community.

Isle de Jean Charles is home to a tribe of Native Americans who have fished and hunted there since the 1800s. Those who remain are barely clinging to what's left.

The Environmental Protection Agency has finalized a plan intended to decrease haze in two federal wildlife areas in Arkansas.

Responders are working to recover the victims of Wednesday night's midair collision over Washington, D.C. It could be the deadliest crash to occur in U.S. airspace in at least 15 years.

Volunteers in Minnesota are collecting pine needles to help researchers determine how PFAS -- the substances commonly called forever chemicals -- find their way into water, soil and air.

NPR staffers take on a perennial question: What makes for a good summer movie?

The fourth report in a six-part series examines the mysterious factor that gives the Ganges River a mythical reputation among the millions of Indians who bathe and drink the river's water.

The next big phase of the Klamath River Dam removal started this week. It's the largest dam removal in U.S. history and is expected to last through 2024.

Americans spent much of the COVID lockdown inside their homes streaming movies in isolation. Five years on it is clear that COVID left its mark on how movies were made and consumed.

Fierce battles erupt on two fronts in Iraq. About 50 miles south of Baghdad on the Euphrates River, a U.S. Army division seizes the river town of Hindiyah. Farther south, Marines struggle to hold bridges over the Tigris River and move forces north toward Baghdad. Hear NPR's Mike Shuster.