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China is conducting big military drills that encircle the island of Taiwan on Tuesday, demonstrating its ability to blockade Taiwan completely.

More Republicans are calling for an investigation after a second U.S. citizen was shot by a federal agent in Minneapolis.

Palestinians in Gaza are slowly bringing back Christmas celebrations after more than two years of war. The Holy Family Church in Gaza City gathered this week to decorate the church.

President Trump's White House ballroom plan had its first hearing in front of a planning commission Thursday. The latest details on the controversial project.

South Carolina is fighting a new, fast-growing outbreak of the measles, as concern grows that the U.S. is poised to lose its measles elimination status.

In Florida, members of the Venezuelan community celebrate -- and question -- the U.S. detention of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

Republican Rep. Mike Lawler of New York held his first town hall of the year Sunday, but he faced jeers, insults and questions about the recent events in Minneapolis and ICE tactics.

Former special counsel Jack Smith defended his investigations of President Trump for more than four hours Thursday, saying he followed the facts and the law, and wasn't driven by politics.

Pope Leo delivered his first Easter Mass as pope with a call for world leaders to choose peace over war.

Eric Swalwell is facing new allegations of sexual assault, days after the California Democrat formally submitted his resignation from Congress.

After online debates, delays and Bell's appointment as interim president, UF has a full-time leader again.

The Commission of Fine Arts has given a design for a massive arch in Washington, D.C., its final approval, even though it's missing some visual components.

Israel launched an airstrike on Iran overnight. Blasts were heard in the capital Tehran around 3am local time. Israel's defense ministry warned it expects missile and drone retaliation.

USF president Moez Limayem says it's to ensure the "safety and well-being of our students" following the slayings of two doctoral students in an off-campus apartment complex in April.

The goal is to instruct personnel as well as members of other fire departments in Pinellas County, Treasure Island, St. Pete Beach and Gulfport.

Twelve people in two states have been infected with four hospitalizations. No deaths have been reported. Based on interviews, the GreenWise frozen berries were identified as the leading item of interest.

For the "Gambler 500," people gather on forest service roads in Oregon for a colossal trash pick-up on national forest land, conducted in festive and junky old cars.

On the main street of Cuba City, Wisc., there's a Parade of Presidents, with decorative shields for each President, begun as a bicentennial project in 1976. Donna Rogers keeps it all going.

NPR's Stefan Shepherd reviews the children's album Trees by Billy Kelly and Molly Ledford.

In professional sports, it's the players who get all the attention. But commentator Frank Deford says referees, who so often go unnoticed, bring their own style and artistry to their craft.

Ukraine pushes allies in NATO for anti-ballistic air defense after the latest major Russian attacks kill more than 20 in Kyiv and surrounding area.

It has taken eight years to get federal approval for the demonstration project. But it could be a while before the pens are constructed in the Gulf.

The LAPD detained at least 16 journalists covering a protest in March 2021, a low point in a year of increasing mistrust and hostilities between police departments and the media.

From reggaeton to rock and country to classical, these were the songs we couldn't stop playing in 2019.

In spite of the robotic persona they've cultivated for years, Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo elected to make their new album, Random Access Memories, in a real studio, with real musicians. Hear the elusive electronic duo in conversation with All Things Considered's Audie Cornish.