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Leon Watts of Los Angeles has seen his clients' needs change as they've aged. He decided he could do even more for them if he got a master's degree in gerontology.

About 7,500 people in the town of Weed and several nearby communities in Northern California were under evacuation orders.

There's a growing demand for minerals as the world ramps up manufacturing of climate solutions. Experts say more than half of these mining projects are on or near lands of Indigenous peoples.

It could turn out to be the eighth coronavirus known to spread to humans. Some scientists think doctors and researchers should start actively looking for this virus in patients.

People who can no longer move or speak may soon have a new option: an implanted device that links their brain to a computer.

Trump Tweets That Transgender People Banned From U.S. Military

Mayors in New York and Los Angeles have already urged people in their cities to use face coverings in public.

A dozen people have been arrested after a hospital fire in Beijing killed 29 people. Chinese netizens question why they weren't informed immediately.

Fuel prices more than doubled last week in Zimbabwe, prompting people to protest. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with journalist Tendai Marima about the violent government crackdown that followed.

Violence and natural disasters are fueling the surge in the number of people displaced, the U.N. says in a new report.