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The well-known D.C. lawyer stepped down from a powerful law firm that has been ensnared in the Russia investigation over failure to disclose work for a foreign client as required by an obscure law.

Officials in Florida said Saturday a sinkhole that swallowed two homes last month is growing.Pasco County officials during a news conference that a large…

An Amtrak train traveling from Los Angeles to Chicago derailed Monday in Missouri. Two people from the Amtrak train were killed in addition to one person in the dump truck, authorities say.

Fiona Hill was a key witness at Donald Trump's first impeachment hearing. Now she's warning about the threat to American democracy that comes from within. Her memoir is There Is Nothing for You Here.

This marks Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's first visit to the White House after the 2018 killing of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

President Trump welcomes his Turkish counterpart to the White House despite a bipartisan congressional push to cut arms sales to Ankara.

NPR's Melissa Block talks to syndicated columnist Crispin Sartwell about how his son's Google search for Tito Puente yielded hits for both the musician and Yugoslavian leader Marshal Tito. Sartwell pondered the amazing career of this multi-talented combined man. We take it further to explore the musical stylings of Don Ho Chi Minh, Lil' Kim Jong Il, and Ray Charles Taylor.

With guidance from his mother and grandmother, chef Alton Brown developed an flair in the kitchen early. In the final installment of our holiday baking series, he offers some last-minute tips. And NPR's Jennifer Ludden gets some kitchen wisdom from her own grandmother, Marion Otte.

A 19th-century British gentleman's requirements for his bride lead to a scheme with many complications in Mr. Malcolm's List, a Bridgerton-like romance based on Suzanne Allain's 2020 novel.

In this week's StoryCorps, we hear about an unusual fundraising idea to help send school kids on trip to Washington, D.C.

Kamala Harris used her prime-time speech to introduce herself and excoriate President Trump. Former President Barack Obama launched a rare attack on his successor. And Democrats urged people to vote.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Richard LeBaron, a former ambassador to Kuwait, about how the diplomatic vacancies in the region affect a mission such as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's this week.

Kaitlan Collins said she was told not to attend a later White House press event because Trump communications officials didn't like the questions she had asked earlier in the day.

The public phase of the House's impeachment inquiry begins Wednesday. We look at what to expect. Also, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visits the White House and the latest from Hong Kong.

Donald Trump visited the border with Mexico and said he would crack down on illegal immigration if elected president. But he was less strident than he has been in other recent remarks.

On the afternoon of January 12, 2010, my cousin Mikerlange Deus was sitting with her classmates at the University of Port-au-Prince.

It was Chicago's cold winters that gave birth to the futures market, author Emily Lambert says. In the beginning, commodities trading was all about hedging bets against bad weather, spoilage — or an accidental dump in the river.

The White House is making its last big push ahead of a July 4 target of getting 70% of American adults vaccinated, a target that now seems out of reach.

Munitions, including anti-submarine explosives, have been found. Dumping munitions in bodies of water was a common practice during and after World War Two. Researchers are studying the effects.

Narcotraffickers battling over turf in northern Mexico's border town of Nuevo Laredo have left a trail of bodies and a populace afraid to speak. Last week, nine corpses were dumped near the outskirts of the city. Making matters worse, 131 inmates escaped from a prison in about two hours outside Nuevo Laredo.

A day after local officials said the federal government plans to send about 1,000 migrants a month to two South Florida counties, Gov. Ron DeSantis...

Mrs. Astor Regrets: The Hidden Betrayals of a Family Beyond Reproach tells the story of the Astors of New York, a storied philanthropist family. Shortly after the death of Brooke Astor in 2007, her only child, Anthony Marshall, was indicted on charges of looting her estate. Author Meryl Gordon talks to Scott Simon about the book.

Don Herbert, known as Mr. Wizard, died Tuesday in suburban Los Angeles. He was 89. His TV show, Watch Mr. Wizard, was produced from 1951 to 1964. He taught millions of kids to think like scientists.

The collapse of two regional banks is expected to cost the government's deposit insurance fund more than $22 billion. The Biden administration says smaller banks shouldn't have to pick up the tab.

Hurricane Fiona dumped so much rain on Puerto Rico that its network of rivers flooded, causing catastrophic damage in many communities. It was worsened by poor past planning and development choices.