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First, the city took down statues of confederate Generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson. Then its council voted to remove a statue featuring Meriwether Lewis, William Clark and Sacagawea.

Researchers say adolescents often think that vaping pot is safer than smoking it. But it can increase the risk of dependence, other substance use and many other health, social and behavioral problems.

After months of public compliance, the Italian government is getting fierce and sometimes violent pushback against coronavirus lockdown measures.

A rare "cotton-candy" lobster has been found off the coast of Maine.

A federal jury in Tacoma, Wash., found that private prison contractor, the GEO Group, underpaid detainees who provided menial services in the facility

Americans' life expectancy declined by nearly two years in 2020 compared to the year before, primarily because of COVID-19. The drop in life expectancy was bigger for men, and for Blacks and Latinos.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks to Charles Chavis Jr. of the Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which is beginning its two-year investigation of the state's harrowing history of lynching.

California tribes are working with state parks to retell the story of Sutter's Fort. They want to include the history of John Sutter's violence toward Native Americans during Sacramento's founding.

Fort Ticonderoga, in upstate New York, saw bloody action in the French and Indian Wars and the Revolutionary Wars But now the privately owned museum and battleground is fighting for its own existence. The fort could be forced to shut down or sell off key artifacts.

On Monday night, photojournalist Sumy Sadurni was killed in a car accident. She is remembered for her powerful coverage of the East Africa region.