Search results for

Florida voters go to the polls Tuesday for the primary election. Among the races to watch is the Republican contest for U.S. Senate, featuring Rep. Katherine Harris, who has received little support from her party.

On Sunday, four members of NPR's Baghdad bureau watched their car explode on a busy street. Fortunately, they were warned about the planted "sticky" bomb, and no one was injured. Reporter Ivan Watson and translator Ali Hamdani explain what happened, and report on the current state of security in Baghdad.

Warlords in Afghanistan could hijack upcoming elections and entrench their own power, a report from Human Rights Watch warns. The group says local strongmen are using force, threats and corruption to dominate the election process and intimidate candidates and voters. Hear NPR's Philip Reeves.

Voters in Taiwan go to the polls on Saturday to pick a new president. The government in Beijing is watching very closely, but are people in China paying that much attention?

Linguists generally agree that almost half of the world’s nearly 7,000 languages will be extinct within the next century as dominant languages take over…

President Obama touts diplomacy as a characterizing trait of his administration, but his actions reveal a mix of diplomatic persuasion and the coercive…

EmpowerHMS helped run an empire of rural hospitals. Now, 20 of them have either entered bankruptcy or closed their doors, including five in Oklahoma.…

A look at the viewing experience of this year's Olympic games, including its production and ratings as it streamed on both live TV and NBC's Peacock service.

From documentaries to artistic projects, NPR has collected some of our favorite ways to celebrate the Earth and think about what we can do to protect its flora and fauna.

Authorities say that about 40 people may have watched the rapes of a 15-year-old girl that were streamed on the social media platform — and that none of them reported the crimes.

A 6-year-old comic had nearly 6.7 million views in Nigeria alone! Let's see who else made the YouTube Rewind list of most popular videos in countries around the world.

Last year, more than 9 million people watched across the world, and executive producer Johan Erhag said he expects viewership will be even higher this year.