The 88-year-old pontiff is responding well to the treatment for double pneumonia and has shown a "gradual, slight improvement ...

Washington, D.C.'s iconic Black Lives Matter street painting has served as a powerful symbol of activism and a gathering ...

House Republicans released the text of a continuing resolution that would fund the government through Sept. 30. Now, passing ...

Thailand's recent deportations of Uyghurs to China have eerie parallels with a large deportation in 2015, in which the ...

The Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville, Kentucky, has a new photo exhibit in honor of International Women's Day: "Iconic Women ...

The District of Columbia, Maryland and 18 other states have filed a lawsuit in federal court seeking the reinstatement of ...

As part of our StoryCorps' Military Voices Initiative, we hear from Specialist Henry Smithers who was among the millions of American servicemen and women deployed to Vietnam during the conflict.

NPR's Scott Simon asks Karen Russell about her new book, "The Antidote." It's an eerie novel set in the era of Dustbowl droughts.

Within the span of a few days, another SpaceX Starship broke up on re-entry, and two other space companies faced failures.

President Trump says his cabinet secretaries will carry out cuts to the government workforce, under the supervision of Elon Musk.

Jobs. Prices. GDP. The federal government keeps close tabs on these and other economic indicators. And decision-makers depend on those numbers to be reliable. But that could be a challenge, given ...