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With a skin sample from a 52,000-year-old woolly mammoth, scientists are gaining new insights into what made the animals tick. The findings could also help controversial de-extinction efforts.

For more than a century, federal boarding schools worked to forcibly assimilate Native American children into white culture. Here's how one Santa Fe school has worked to change that legacy.

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Gil Kerlikowske, commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection under President Obama, about the recent string of fatal shootings by federal immigration agents.

A new study found a high proportion of NFL players develop brain trauma, but it is unclear what this means for youth football players.

Tens of millions of dollars have been donated for Texas flood relief. But families wait for help, as the Texas GOP decided to prioritize redistricting and Democrats decamped to block votes.

Fire department officials say another nine people were injured in an apparent gas explosion. Minnehaha Academy says those who died were a school receptionist and a custodian.

A new report from the Overseas Development Institute finds that impoverished children are working long hours in violation of the country's labor laws.

Iraqi forces, which have largely cleared ISIS militants from the eastern half of the city, launched operations Sunday to reclaim the rest of Mosul, where commanders expect an even tougher fight.

Smithfield Foods says it will pay farmers to cover their manure ponds with plastic on more than 1,000 U.S. farms. Those "lagoons" have become increasingly controversial.

The first daughter's quote — "Those who say it can not be done, should not interrupt those doing it." — left many in China scratching their heads.