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The president of Turkmenistan is calling for an end to one of the country's most notable but infernal sights — a natural gas crater that has burned for decades.

Considered the most powerful telescope in space, the James Webb telescope has completed its deployment process. It will still be five months before it will start picking up images.

The fire aboard the Conception off Santa Barbara marked the deadliest marine disaster in modern state history and led to criminal charges and calls for tougher regulations for small passenger boats.

Teachers began refusing to show up for their jobs in person on Wednesday amid skyrocketing COVID-19 cases, prompting the cancellation of classes for more than 300,000 public school students.

The last time the giant container ship Ever Given started through the canal, it got stuck. It took six days to dislodge it. The disruption delayed billions of dollars in trade.

NPR's A Martinez talks to Will Hobson of The Washington Post, who reports that Daniel Snyder, owner of the Washington Football Team, tried to disrupt the NFL's internal probe into the team.

The team of the NPR history podcast Throughline talks to singer Thom Yorke and art designer Stanley Donwood about two Radiohead albums that captured the anxieties and dread of the early 2000s.

UPS needed to hire 100,000 seasonal workers this fall for the holiday season. It's nearly reached its goal, thanks in part to a new application process that sends out offers in 30 minutes or less.

House Republicans are in a strong position to win back control of the chamber but divisions threaten to throw the party off message.

The Federal Reserve is paving the way for interest rate hikes next year after inflation accelerated to a near 40-year year high in November.