A major study found fish populations fell by about 60%, while krill that whales and others eat plummeted 72%. Researchers said there’s no other cause they could find except the BP oil spill.

The Nature Conservancy is using natural materials and limestone breakwaters to rebuild Coffee Island off the Alabama Coast.

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Arrests for more minor offenses, including vagrancy, rose in the U.S., even as violent crime rates dropped to historic lows, ...

Election officials in Los Angeles County say their preliminary analysis of the federal government's list of 20,000 "likely" ...

Toforest Johnson was convicted of the 1995 murder of Deputy Sheriff William Hardy, but he has maintained his innocence. Ivey ...

Nigeria is the latest country to report an Ebola case as the outbreak spreads across the region. Kenya confirmed its first ...

A respected figure in the world of global health, Dr. Kerry takes on a new responsibility. She says it's challenging but not ...

Ammie Akin lives in the 6th District but is running for the 7th. While that's allowed by the Constitution, it is not typical.

The new scholarship tax credit program could help public school families pay for some educational services, but advocates ...

Here's what's behind the fluctuating costs of everyday grocery items such as ground beef, eggs and chocolate chip cookies.

From doorsteps to a used book sale, NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with voters in suburban Atlanta about why some of them want ...