The House passed several bills that sought to address trash being imported and pump the brakes on new landfill development. But the Senate shot down the proposals.

Each June marks Pride Month, a time to celebrate LGBTQIA people and to reflect on the global movement that pushes for full and equal rights for members of the queer community. NHPR is proud to offer locally and nationally produced arts and culture programming to help you celebrate victories won, and better understand the struggles still facing this community.

People who heard a helicopter crash rushed to the site to help remove the pilot from the burning aircraft in a wooded area, police said Sunday.

Inci Atrek brings readers a seductive and lyrical debut novel. “Holiday Country" follows a young woman’s dangerous summer romance during an idyllic vacation on the Aegean coast.

Want to know how hundreds of millions of birds die every year? Just look out the window.

The new Americans hail from 18 different countries.

Singer-songwriter Jeffrey Martin has steadily built a reputation for insightful and sensitive songs; he's a quietly stunning writer and performer. Tune into Live from the Word Barn on NHPR Fridays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 6 p.m.

The Star Trek star talks about his experience in a Japanese American internment camp during World War II, and how that history is relevant today.

Lawmakers hope the landmark policy will force the biggest fossil fuel companies in the world to compensate Vermont for damage wrought by climate change.

Officials are urging former patients of New England Medicine and Counseling Associates to switch to new providers as soon as possible, to avoid interruptions in care.