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The bipartisan Senate bill aimed at easing the nation's housing crisis includes billions of dollars in grants and loans for homebuyers. It also has tax breaks for builders and other businesses. Critics say the bill doesn't go far enough to help struggling homeowners.

Trailer owners in Briny Breezes, Fla., thought they were about to become millionaires, but the prospective buyer of their prime location backed out of the deal. What caused the real-estate deal to sour?

Some worry that the proposed Pebble Mine in southwestern Alaska will end up poisoning the largest native sockeye salmon run in the world. But the company hoping to mine the tundra for copper and gold says it could keep contaminants sealed up and that fish would be unharmed.

For the first time, a NASA lander has touched Martian ice. Scientists say they are convinced white chunks dug up by the Phoenix craft are in fact frozen water on the Red Planet.

President Trump's executive order challenges a landmark Supreme Court decision, according to free speech attorneys.

More than 3.6 million children born in 2020 amid the COVID-19 global pandemic are walking into elementary schools across the country this fall.

Australian leader Anthony Albanese accused Iran of organizing two antisemitic attacks in Australia, saying the country would cut off diplomatic relations with Tehran. Iran had no immediate reaction.

The lawsuit challenges President Trump's plans for "Independence Arch," a 250-foot structure proposed for Memorial Circle.

Hat tricks have a rich history in hockey, but it didn't start there. For NPR's Word of the Week, we trace the term's some 150-year-history and why it's particularly special on the hockey rink.

Several leaders voiced support for the operation — but most, including those who stopped short of condemning it, called for restraint moving forward.