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Over the last ten years, rip currents have killed more people in the United States than tornadoes or hurricanes. This year has already been particularly bad with 76 deaths reported through August.

Previous efforts to elect a House speaker have failed at the floor vote. As the search stretches into a third week, Rep. Mike Flood wants Republicans to commit to voting for their party's nominee.

Former President Donald Trump is escalating his attacks on President Biden in another sign his campaign is looking past the Republican primaries — and focusing more on the general election ahead.

Why are humans attracted to art that combines sadness and beauty? A brain scientist says sadness has benefits like helping elicit empathy and purging negative emotion.

Tensions between Taiwan and China are growing. But despite the rift, they maintain tight cultural connections — pop culture, that is.

More than a decade after TV stations shut down analog broadcasts and fully transitioned to digital, the industry is once again making major changes to the way stations transmit over-the-air signals.

Antony Blinken is meeting with Israeli leaders in Tel Aviv as part of his Mideast visit aimed at containing the war in Gaza, and preventing a wider conflict.

One family in Gaza struggles to save their severely ill baby daughter amidst evacuation orders by Israel's military.

Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun got grilled by senators on Capitol Hill. It was his first public testimony since a door plug panel blew out of a Boeing 737 Max jet in midair in January.

NPR's David Folkenflik talks with Catherine Sharkey about the 30th anniversary of the McDonald's hot coffee lawsuit decision and its legacy.