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One woman's quest to learn where her ancestors may have been buried led to a historic African-American burial ground believed to hold the graves of former slaves from Welaunee and Fleischmann plantations in Leon County.

As Russia bombs Ukraine, many Ukrainians in the U.S. are trying to help their country, but are finding challenges as normal shipping channels are broken with dangerous roads and blocked ports.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks with Ben Rhodes, an ex-deputy national security adviser, about the Biden administration's efforts to penalize Moscow, and what the U.S. can do to counter Russian aggression.

Firefighting crews were battling to keep the fire in northern New Mexico, the largest fire burning in the U.S., from making another run across the state's drought-parched landscape.

Sen. Richard Burr is running the Senate's probe into contacts between Russia and the Trump campaign. But he also was an adviser for Trump's campaign, which raises questions about his impartiality.

The U.S. has not conducted a nuclear test in over 30 years. Experts say doing one now could make America less safe.

This outbreak joins ones already existing and growing in Texas and South Carolina with hundreds of cases. Those outbreaks are a threat to the United States keeping its measles-free status.

The South Carolina measles outbreak is now bigger than last year's Texas outbreak and is happening as the U.S. is poised to lose its measles elimination status.

The Federal Reserve and the FDIC reported on lessons learned from March's bank failures, including lapses in government oversight and ideas on how to prevent similar meltdowns going forward.

In December, the University of California, San Francisco apologized for unethical experiments on prisoners half a century ago. It was doctors of color who started demanding change.

The Arctic island has a wealth of rare earth resources that the U.S. has labeled as essential to national defense.

The diverse Southeast Asian country has more than 17,000 islands, a median age of 29 and an expansive fare influenced by many cultures. And the tech-savvy population is reaching out to the world.

With high drug prices a hot election issue, drugmakers and the Trump administration are jockeying over how to bring prices down. But critics say the proposed fixes don't have enforcement teeth.

Some seniors got dozens of COVID tests they never ordered. Bad actors may have used seniors' Medicare information to improperly bill the federal government — and could do it again, investigators say.

Honorees from the World Health Organization's Health for all Film Festival tell stories of pain — but also of resilience and hope — all in 8 minutes or less.

President Trump has ordered the Justice Department to file a request to modify a court agreement known as the Flores settlement to allow for immigrant families to be detained together at the border. The settlement has governed the detention of immigrant children since the mid-80s.

The introduction of Umaru Musa Yar'Adua as Nigeria's new president marks a significant point in the nation's history — the first time since independence from Britain in 1960 that Nigeria has witnessed the peaceful transition of power from one elected civilian leader to another.

Tyler Reddick won "The Great American Race" on Sunday with a last-lap pass at Daytona International Speedway that sent Jordan into a frantic celebration.

Some members of Congress are trying to force a vote to make the Trump administration release more of the Jeffrey Epstein files. And, the Trump family's crypto started trading publicly this week.

A key aide to several New York Democratic governors has pleaded not guilty after being accused of working on behalf of China. And, a government reshuffle in Ukraine after deadly Russian missile strike.

Ahead of President Trump's announcement Monday when he'll name his second Supreme Court nominee, the scene in Bedminster, N.J., where Trump is deliberating, was described by one source as "insane."

The Washington Post reported that the president revealed "highly classified information" to the Russian foreign minister and ambassador, possibly jeopardizing future intelligence gathering on ISIS.

As the U.S. investigates a shooting in California as "an act of terrorism," President Obama will address the nation Sunday night in what will be just his third speech from the Oval Office.

The U.S. Attorney has issued several charges against 26-year-old Esteban Santiago for carrying out the deadly shooting. Maximum penalty is possible death sentence.

President Trump's political adviser was found guilty on all counts by a federal jury last year after he was charged with lying to Congress and obstructing its investigation.