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In an exit interview with All Things Considered, DOT Secretary Pete Buttigieg reflects on the Biden administration's ...

Chile is set to gain its 47th national park early this year — largely due to the efforts of U.S. conservationist Kristine ...

Potential rooftop solar customers and installers worry the incoming Trump administration might try to eliminate a 30% federal tax credit. Some customers plan to install sooner because of that and ...

A series of unexpected events after the narrow election has set up a power struggle in the Minnesota Legislature. Days before ...

Reporters covering a Chinese dissident in Europe were accused of making bomb threats. An NPR investigation now has them ...

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NPR's Scott Simon recalls a conversation he once had with the late President Jimmy Carter about the possibility of UFOs.

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