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Flint, Mich., started drawing its tap water from a local river in April 2014. The water is so corrosive that it's causing lead to leach out of aging pipes, resulting in serious health issues.

U.S. Border Patrol says the fence separating Mexico and Texas helps control the illegal movement of people and contraband. But many who live on the Texas border call it a boondoggle.

Homer Laughlin China Co. has been making the brightly colored Fiesta dishes for decades at its factory on the banks of the Ohio River. And it's still going strong.

Regulators need to decide how to recover the cost of rescuing Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank — and community banks across the country are warning they should not be on the hook.

Yellowstone National Park prepares for limited reopening as surrounding communities grapple with flood damage

A little marketing magic and the fish name transforms from carp into copi. Fisheries managers hope the new name will help the fish land on more plates, instead of in the Great Lakes — where they're expected to wreak ecological havoc.

Instead of finding fame with the 13th Floor Elevators in the 1960s, Roky Erickson is mostly known as a cautionary tale: a man who took too many psychedelic drugs, then struggled with mental illness. Now he's back, with the indie-rock band Okkervil River in tow.

After warning of elevated lead levels in her patients in Flint, Mich., Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha faced a backlash: "The state said that I was an unfortunate researcher, that I was causing near-hysteria."

Pollution and global warming are causing glaciers to melt and form unstable lakes in the north of the country. NPR visits a valley where farms were destroyed by glacial floods.

State Sen. Burke Harr says Nebraska's state flag flapped upside-down for 10 days at the Capitol earlier this year — and no one even noticed. Now, he's on a crowdsourced quest to redesign it.