Russia lost a war in Crimea in the 1850s. To pay off war debts, Russia sold Alaska to the U.S. Now presidents Trump and Putin will meet Friday in Alaska to discuss another war involving Crimea.

AOL rolled out its dial-up service in 1991, when lawmakers were focused on closing the "digital divide," the idea that people living in poorer or more rural areas would not have equitable access to ...

Some residents are skeptical President Trump's use of tough police tactics will work to solve complex social ills.

European leaders, wary Trump could strike a Ukraine deal with Putin that endangers the continent's security, will hold "an emergency virtual summit" Wednesday with Trump before the U.S.-Russia summit.

What do Jeffrey Epstein's victims want from the Trump administration? NPR's Leila Fadel asks one of them.

Israel says it will launch a major new ground offensive to take control of all of Gaza. Exhausted residents of Gaza City say they won't be able to evacuate.

From firing vaccine experts to cutting off research funding, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has undermined trust in expertise at U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

More than a third of Nigerians have no access to electricity, and even those connected to the grid can't rely on it. Last year alone, the grid collapsed 12 times in Africa's most-populous country.

One caller wants a new car to get through his pre-retirement years while another wants to chuck it all except for the car. Could they both have the right idea? Find out on this mid-life crisis edition ...

A Chinese scientist, He Jiankui, made a shocking announcement to the world in 2018: He had secretly engineered the birth of the first gene-edited babies. The birth of the twins was seen as reckless ...

The Trump administration has pressured China to have the Hong Kong-based operator of ports at either end of the canal sell ...

Miguel Uribe was shot three times while giving a campaign speech in a park and had since remained in an intensive care unit in serious condition with episodes of slight improvement.