Much of the public health agency's $9 billion budget had been in limbo but funds are finally flowing, according to CDC ...

A series of discussions prompted by a controversial arrest tackles concerns about police violence and a broken trust with ...

The idea that each year produces a few unofficial "songs of the summer" has been rattling around for ages. But do we have a ...

Phone calls to local Social Security offices are currently being rerouted to other field offices — often to staff who don't ...

The statue of Albert Pike, a Confederate general and Freemason leader, was vandalized and taken down on Juneteenth in 2020.

Genetically engineered humans may still sound like science fiction. But there's a new push to edit the genes of human embryos to eliminate diseases and enhance characteristics parents value.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with David Wasserman of the Cook Political Report about the impact redistricting efforts will have on the 2026 midterms and beyond.

In July and August of 2024 in Bangladesh, student protesters' push for change drove the authoritarian prime minister out of ...

Combs was convicted on July 2 of two counts of transportation for prostitution. The music mogul had filed a request to be ...

Jair Bolsonaro is under house arrest for violating pre-trial restrictions ahead of Trump's imposition of tariffs to pressure Brazil for what the U.S. president says is political persecution of his ...

An oral history of the atomic bomb detonations 80 years ago leads this week's list of publishing highlights, which also ...

Texas GOP is threatening to arrest Democratic lawmakers unless they return to vote on redrawing the congressional map. And, ...