A man who was brandishing a firearm in Washington, D.C., was shot by Secret Service officers near the White House on Sunday ...

A man who was brandishing a firearm in Washington, D.C., was shot by Secret Service officers near the White House on Sunday ...

Since 1995, presidents have issued a series of proclamations celebrating Women's History in March. NPR readers share stories ...

He founded Tzedek Chicago — the word "tzedek" means "justice" in Hebrew — after breaking with the Zionism of his upbringing.

New Justice Department leaders say past enforcement of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act is "the prototypical ...

The Los Angeles Public Library stores thousands of index cards with staff reviews of books dating back to the 1920s. A ...

Some researchers say these recent attacks are examples of "nonideological" terrorism — the result of several antisocial, ...

Fast-moving brush fires fanned by high winds burned through a large swath of land on New York's Long Island on Saturday, ...

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 ...

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

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