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After years, NASA's Cassini spacecraft will soon begin its final act — a plunge into Saturn. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to Dr. Carolyn Porco, head of the imaging team, about the mission's legacy.

Cleanup is expected to cost the libraries hundreds of thousands of dollars. The American Library Association says it is not seeing similar meth-related closings in other states.

The Taliban entered Kabul as it continues its speedy takeover of cities in Afghanistan.

The organization had displayed Iran's national flag on social media without the emblem of the Islamic Republic to show "support for the women in Iran" ahead of the two nations' soccer match.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with New York University Associate Professor Azadeh Moaveni about the state of Iran's protests and the alleged removal of the morality police.

As questions remain over the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Republican-led House is attempting to shed new light on the matter, but its not without political debate and questionable claims.

The Commissioner of the National Hockey League tackles the league's efforts to increase diversity, hockey's culture of fighting and potential links between the game and the brain disease CTE.

President Obama announced Tuesday he is nominating Ben Bernanke to another four-year term as head of the Federal Reserve. Simon Johnson, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, says while Bernanke must be lauded for his improvisation, his role in the conditions that led to the financial crisis must also be examined.

The Lone Star State is home to more than a million horses. Some Texans have begun adding to their herds in rather unusual ways: by cloning their champion horses.

The U.S. government aggressively prosecutes cases of domestic slavery — except when the employer is a diplomat. Diplomatic immunity limits the ability to prosecute, even when servants are recognized as victims of human trafficking.