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Fire departments have tried to diversify their ranks for years with only modest success. The profession remains overwhelmingly white and male. One California training program is trying to change that.

Thirty-five years after the Recording Academy revoked Milli Vanilli's Grammy for best new artist, the awards show has nominated one of its members in an unexpected twist.

The government shutdown is on its 15th day, and as the public increasingly begins to feel the effects, it remains unclear which party on Capitol Hill will blink first.

Ski patrol has long been seen as fun, seasonal job. But it's also vital to the multibillion dollar ski industry, and now patrollers are unionizing in the face of astronomical resort housing prices.

The United Auto Workers has not made a presidential endorsement yet. The union is also engaging in contentious negotiations with automakers.

How is the U.S. reshaping relations with longtime allies in Europe? NPR speaks with Alexandra de Hoop Scheffer, president of the German Marshall Fund of the United States.

The favored candidate in Sunday's presidential election is from the PRI, which ruled Mexico for decades, until it was ousted from power in 2000. Enrique Pena Nieto promises a different approach to drug violence and says he can boost a struggling economy.

The United Nations says Ethiopian government forces have detained 16 of its humanitarian workers, and continues to prevent food aid from reaching areas of Tigray threatened with famine.

Kevin Spacey's arraignment for allegedly sexually assaulting an 18-year-old is scheduled for Jan. 7. David Greene talks to Vox Film Critic Alissa Wilkinson.

Even setting aside the investigations by special counsel Robert Mueller and other federal prosecutors, Washington had more than its usual list of scandals in 2018.

Was the change in Egypt's government a coup or not? For members of Congress, the difference is more than a question of semantics. U.S. law requires that aid be cut off to a country that undergoes a military coup — which, if it were to happen in the case of Egypt, would bring on dramatic consequences.

Not known as a hotbed of experimentation, the world of publishing has been slow to embrace the transition from print to digital. But in New York this past week, the publishers who gathered were more interested in exploring new ideas than arguing about the death of books.

The agreement aims to resolve a yearslong standoff between the popular social media platform and the U.S. government over national security concerns tied to China's parent company, ByteDance.

The Food and Drug Administration says it's going to get tougher on vaccines, blaming the deaths of at least 10 children on the COVID-19 vaccines.

The etymology of mistletoe — a plant with small, oval evergreen leaves and waxy white berries — may strike some as repugnant.

President Trump will hold a rally in Pennsylvania Tuesday, where he's expected to talk about his administration's efforts to address two major concerns for voters: the economy and affordability.

USF's plan to turn their Claw golf course into the Fletcher District — a destination for students, faculty and staff — continues to move forward.

Every December, thousands of runners gather in a small northern Maine town to run a marathon through the frigid woods. The race started as an unlikely way to stoke the town's economy.

An NPR analysis of the Epstein files shows some documents, originally available on Friday, are no longer on the Department of Justice's "Epstein Library" website as the DOJ releases more files.

A special election in what should be a safe seat for Republicans has proven to be more competitive than expected as polls close Tuesday.

The deadly attack on U.S. forces in Syria underscores the challenges facing the new Syrian president one year into his rule of the fractious nation.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is facing more scrutiny this week after a new report found his sharing of highly sensitive attack plans in a group chat that included a journalist violated policy.

Federal immigration agents launched an enforcement operation in New Orleans on Wednesday that they say is aimed at criminals who are in the country illegally.

The latest on the negotiations to end Russia's war on Ukraine, as talks with representatives from Moscow, Kyiv and the Trump administration continue in Miami this week.

Among other bills, Trump rejected legislation that would have given the Miccosukees more control over some of their land. The tribe was among groups suing the administration over "Alligator Alcatraz."