Search results for

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to Rep. Leonard Lance, Republican of New Jersey, about how he plans to vote on the GOP tax bill this week and what else needs to get done before 2018.

Preparations are already underway for the 2020 U.S. Census. Information about race and ethnicity may be collected in a new way. But funding concerns have raised alarms about a flawed count in 2020.

Utah jails have the highest death rate per capita in the country. State officials who want to investigate those deaths don't have access to jail standards. They're owned by a consultant.

El Yunque National Forest is a world-renowned research site and one of the U.S. territory's top tourist attractions. The hurricane hit the rainforest hard, and it remains closed until further notice.

A Pentagon program spent $22 million researching "unidentified aerial phenomena," according to multiple reports. It was backed by former Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada.

"In my 40 years of law enforcement I've never seen anything quite like it," said the Goochland County Sheriff. "I hope I never see anything like it again."

Rebecca Dykes was reportedly found on a roadside the same day she was due to fly home to the U.K.

The latest film in the space odyssey juggernaut brought in $450 million globally in its debut weekend, and that's not counting China.

Climate change isn't new. Scientists are studying an ancient civilization in the Arctic to figure out how they survived climate change. The clues are buried in a secret, seaside neighborhood.

The Republican tax bill includes a provision that would open up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil exploration and drilling. It's a blow to environmental groups, but many Alaskans hope the move will bring revenue to the state.