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Instead of applying crushed limestone to balance pH levels in fields, some farmers are trying crushed basalt. It can trap carbon and could help fight climate change.

States are rushing to get residents to stomp out the invasive spotted lanternfly before the moth-looking bugs destroy more agriculture. Each fall, the bugs will lay egg masses with 30-50 eggs each.

President Biden will address the U.N. General Assembly. A Texas doctor faces lawsuits for performing an abortion in defiance of a new law. Democrats pair spending bill with raising the debt ceiling.

Lucasfilms has partnered with several Japanese anime studios for the new animated series Star Wars: Visions — but this isn't the first time Star Wars has drawn inspiration from Japanese entertainment.

A doctor in San Antonio who said he performed an abortion in defiance of a new Texas law has been sued by two people — seeking to test the legality of the state's near-total ban on the procedure.

U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona is hopping a purple bus for his "Return-to-School Road Trip." His message to students and educators: It's good to be back.

There are 15 states where this new beer is illegal. That's because it contains 28% alcohol by volume — more than five times the potency of most brews in the U.S.

Powers climbs down from the treetops of The Overstory in his latest novel, to tell the story of a widowed father and his troubled son who head into the wilderness to try to figure out their lives.

NPR's Phillip Martin reports on Asian Americans who believe government and media handling of the Wen Ho Lee case exemplifies the power of lingering anti-Asian prejudice in American culture. Activists and civil rights advocates say the stereotype of the 'model minority' quickly melted into the older canard of the Asian American as suspicious, perpetually foreign and potentially disloyal. It's an attitude that worsens whenever there's tension between the U.S. and any Asian country or when an Asian or Asian American is the subject of bad news.

Tonight's presidential debate is expected to draw more than 50 million viewers, making it the single largest event of the campaign so far. NPR's Steve Inskeep reports on how Al Gore and George W. Bush will approach the first of their scheduled debates. (