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The Board of Directors of Metroplan, a regional transportation policy authority, on Wednesday approved a request from the Arkansas Highway and...

Yellowstone National Park is often overwhelmed by cars. But right now, only bicycles are allowed on some popular park roads. But bikers have to be ready to dodge bears, wolves and other wildlife.

At least 43 children are among the dead after floods and landslides tore through the town of Mocoa. President Juan Manuel Santos is promising to rebuild.

Tribal members protested the building of the controversial pipeline, near the Standing Rock Sioux reservation, because it would cut across burial grounds and threaten the reservation's water supply.

The arrival of hundreds of thousands of migrants sparks calls in Germany and elsewhere to end the open border policy that exists among many European countries.

Six Americans remain in a rural Honduran prison after being arrested last month on suspicion of smuggling weapons into the country.

Ceremonies from Virginia to Oregon are marking the 200-year anniversary of the beginning of the epic journey of discovery by Lewis and Clark. But as NPR's Brian Ceremonies from Virginia to Oregon are marking the 200-year anniversary of the beginning of the epic journey of discovery by Lewis and Clark. But as NPR's Brian Naylor reports, the actual starting point was a fairly routine matter: a letter from then-President Thomas Jefferson to Congress, asking to fund the expedition. See photos from Jefferson's home, Monticello, of some of the re-enactors marking the letter's anniversary.

Republican leaders promise to make oil exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge a key part of the national energy policy debate next year. Conservationists promise to fight the proposal -- and some wish they could call on Mardy Murie for help. NPR's Howard Berkes profiles one of the nation's greatest champions of wild areas, now 100 years old. View a photo galley and video of highlights from Murie's life.

Director Emanuele Crialese is a neorealist with a touch of magical realism to him; he takes his cues from the great art films of the '60s. His gorgeous new coming-to-America picture offers up a feast of imagery to match the almost boundless optimism of its characters.

Everything's in balance on the tenor saxophonist's new album: Smith's pliable expressive tone is neither too heavy nor too light as he exploits the tension between the composed and the improvised.