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On Tuesday, the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection announced it would offer nearly $5 million in grants to cities and towns to help set up food scrap recycling programs.

Two new reports paint a dismal picture of nutrition in the U.S. One finds about 70% of products sold by the largest food companies are unhealthy. Investor groups are pushing for change.

This marks the second loss for the upstart Amazon Labor Union, which previously formed Amazon's first unionized U.S. warehouse in Staten Island. Amazon is still fighting that historic first union win.

The results bring to a close the most consequential election in Brazil in decades. Now, President-elect da Silva faces the huge task of reinvigorating Brazil's economy.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with small business owner Anika Hobbs about how she is preparing ahead of the holidays, amidst inflation and supply chain issues.

Democrats have retained their control of the Senate, but the House is still up for grabs. How will the midterm election results shape the two parties and their agendas moving forward?

The online tool tracks power plants, oil refineries, large ships and other sources of greenhouse gases. Gore plans to expand the tracker to observe every major source of emissions.

Actor Anthony Rapp says he was a victim of assault and battery. Rapp says Spacey made a sexual advance on him in the 1980s when he was 14 years old.

September's existing home sales dropped 24% from a year ago — to the lowest level in a decade. Prices fell too. Higher mortgage rates have thrown cold water on the once hot market.

China has now quarantined some 45 million people as it tries to control the spread of coronavirus. It has extended the Lunar New Year holiday and delayed the start of the academic spring semester.