Donald Lynn Cash of Utah achieved his goal of climbing the highest peaks on all seven continents. A traffic jam on Mount Everest may have impeded efforts to carry him down the mountain before he died.

Fewer than 400 licenses will be granted annually, the government of Botswana said Thursday. Conservationists are decrying the decision as horrific and unethical.

Nearly all the phony accounts were caught by artificial intelligence and a boost in human monitoring. CEO Mark Zuckerberg said breaking up the company would make purging abusive accounts harder.

As many pro-Brexit voters express nostalgia for an earlier time in the country’s history, the governing Conservative Party could face a humiliating defeat in European elections.

More states have adopted new restrictions on abortion in hopes the Supreme Court will revisit Roe v. Wade. That could have profound effects on the economic prospects for women seeking abortions.

NOAA forecasts that two to four major hurricanes will form this year in the Atlantic. But even an average year can cause record-breaking damage, as storms get bigger and wetter.

A grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia returned a superseding indictment with 17 more charges against the founder of WikiLeaks in connection with leaks by Chelsea Manning.

Senate Appropriations Chairman Richard Shelby, R-Ala., said President Trump would sign the legislation even without border funding. The bipartisan deal follows months of negotiations.

In recent visits to the camp, NPR was told of babies dying of malnutrition, and found women collapsed by roadsides. “There’s a lack of supplies and the numbers of patients are huge,” a doctor says.

New documents filed on Wednesday allege that the woman was sexually assaulted multiple times. An exam after the birth of the child in December indicated she may have been pregnant before.

Investigators acknowledged that Americans might worry about the release of terrorists such as John Walker Lindh, but said the FBI is tracking a changing terror threat across the board.

A grand jury in New York City returned an indictment against Stephen Calk, who made $16 million in loans to Paul Manafort allegedly with the hope of a Cabinet post or diplomatic appointment.

The flute-playing pop star celebrates self-acceptance on her latest album, Cuz I Love You. “About 10 years ago, I made the decision that I just wanted to be happy with my body,” she says.

The U.S. agricultural sector has been hit hard by the trade conflict with China. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue says some of the aid money will be used to build markets elsewhere.

Linda Taylor rose to infamy during the 1970s, when prize-winning reporter George Bliss brought her criminal activity to light — and then-candidate Ronald Reagan turned her into the Welfare Queen.

Disputes over LGBT rights and religion’s role in public life have derailed a previously non-partisan movement.

The New York senator and 2020 presidential candidate tells NPR’s Rachel Martin that President Trump and some Republican legislators are taking the country in a direction it does not want to go.

Lindh served 17 years of a 20-year sentence for being a Taliban soldier. His case points to the dozens of Americans, linked to extremist groups, who are in line to be released from U.S. prisons.

The fastest growing cities are in Arizona, Texas, Washington and North Carolina. Columbus, Ohio, is the only Midwestern city in the top 15 fastest-growing populations.

The Clotilda carried 110 people from present-day Benin to the shores of Mobile in 1860, despite the import of slaves being illegal. Researchers told descendants about the discovery first.

State officials view the book as being potentially “detrimental to the safe, secure and orderly operation” of prison facilities. The book looks at how the criminal justice system affects black men.

It’s been a year since Loujain Alhathloul was detained in Saudi Arabia for pushing for women’s rights. A PEN award for her and two other Saudi activists has helped bring their plight back to light.

Kenneth Feinberg has been tapped to facilitate talks between the company’s lawyers and plaintiffs’ representatives over the next two weeks.

The remains emerged at a construction site in January. “I think it’s very late, but better late than never,” said Marcel Drimer, an 85-year-old Holocaust survivor.

The Kenyan writer died on Tuesday. Here is his famously sharp-edged essay.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin ruled out any changes to the U.S. currency imagery before 2028.

The goal is to raise money to fight child poverty by selling red foam noses and staging celebrity events. But some critics are raising questions about the campaign.

Lawmakers are discussing several measures to solve the problem of unexpected medical bills, which can wreak havoc on patients’ lives. Here’s our guide to the current roster of proposed legislation.

The author founded a platform for young Kenyan authors and came out as gay in a place where homosexuality has long been illegal. “Binyavanga was unbound in his imagining,” said a friend and colleague.

The Treasury secretary has refused to comply with a House subpoena from a committee chairman requesting that the agency turn over Trump’s tax returns.

The only agreement that followed a White House meeting between the president and Democrats was that the other side was responsible for the breakdown in infrastructure negotiations.