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NPR's Noel King talks to Michael Aastrup Jensen, a member of Denmark's Parliament, about President Trump cancelling a trip to his country, and Trump's wish to buy Greenland.

It's been 16 years since Kathleen Hawk Sawyer was in charge of the federal Bureau of Prisons. On big change is that the prison population has jumped from 65,000 in 1992 to 177,000 in 2019.

A Labor Department audit found no correlation between the federal system that fines mining companies for unsafe conditions and safety in mining operations.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Canberra would commit a frigate, patrol plane and specialist defense force personnel to the security flotilla escorting commercial shipping from Iranian attacks.

Researchers say there's been a huge rise in the number of fires compared with last year. That's likely linked with a similar leap in deforestation since President Jair Bolsonaro took office.

More than two million acres of forest have burned in Alaska this year. NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with climate change researcher Nancy Fresco about the impact these fires have on the Earth's atmosphere.

Israel has begun using the technology at its West Bank checkpoints to verify Palestinians' identities as they cross into Israel. The new system means shorter wait times but is drawing criticism.

The pop star said Thursday she plans to record new versions of her self-titled album, Fearless, Speak Now, Red and 1989.

Mayors from 70 American cities send a letter to the Trump administration, saying a plan to push millions of people out of the federal food stamp program would punish some of the country's neediest.

Scientists around the world are working to correct a problem with genetic health information — too much of it is currently based on samples of Europeans.