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Nora Ephron reshaped the romantic comedy, crafting films remembered with genuine affection even by men who rarely rank the genre among their favorites.

Concerns over energy resources aside, economists say a global shortage of water would curtail the world's ability to raise food — perhaps by 2025. Fred Pearce is an environmental and development consultant at New Scientist. His new book is When the Rivers Run Dry.

Texas and Oklahoma are fighting over access to the Red River. Fast-growing Texas is eager to fuel its expansion in a time of drought, while the poorer state of Oklahoma is water-rich. The court's decision could impact interstate water-sharing agreements across the country.

The search has been focused in an area near Del Rio, Texas. U.S. Customs and Border Protection says the girl's mother told agents that her daughter went missing while they tried to cross the river.

NPR's Scott Simon considers Chicago's newest star, a snapping turtle nicknamed Chonkasaurus.

In 1970, India built a huge dam called the Farakka Barrage to protect the port of Calcutta from silt flowing in the Ganges River. But the dam has had widespread and devastating effects for people living along the Ganges.

The film Shaft was released 50 years ago this week and heralded what came to be known as Blaxploitation cinema. The genre has a checkered legacy — and inspired Oscar-winning music.

Over the past quarter century the events of 9/11 have been reflected in direct and indirect ways in movies.

The latest exhibit at Crystal Bridges is a convergence of the museum and the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, NY, which has been aquiring art, from…

In this final round, all of the answers are a food or drink that has an American geographic location in its name.