Commercial fishing is one of Maine’s most iconic industries; it’s also one of the most dangerous. Nora Saks attended a ceremony in Lubec on July 21 marking the state’s first official Commercial ...

A study analyzed decades of births and found that larger families showed a distinct tendency toward all girls or all boys, ...

Coca-Cola's move comes a week after President Trump said he had been talking to the soft drink giant about using cane sugar ...

NPR newsroom chief Edith Chapin says she's leaving the network. She made the announcement just days after Congress voted to ...

Coca-Cola's move comes a week after President Trump said he had been talking to the soft drink giant about using cane sugar ...

The earth doesn't rotate exactly on schedule. Scientists believe that today is going to be around a millisecond short of a ...

It was 35 years ago this month that the Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law. Across the U.S., it's being ...

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks with Tracy Slater, author of "Together in Manzanar," which tells the true story of a family of ...

Two shootings earlier this summer drew headlines about public safety at Hampton Beach. But the boardwalk remains popular, with beachgoers shrugging off any concerns.

More than 80 people have applied so far to purchase one of the first two completed homes, according to the non-profit ...

NPR has learned that the Pentagon has also approved the expansion of the U.S. Naval Base on Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for the ...

Maine’s piping plovers are having their best year on record according to the latest census of the endangered shore birds.