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European leaders are meeting in Brussels on Thursday for a summit likely to be dominated by the military action in Libya. The U.S. is anxious to hand over control of the operation to its European allies, but they have failed to agree on how the operation should be controlled. After a stormy meeting at NATO on Monday, it became clear that there were deep disagreements about the organization's role, and a further two days of talks have still failed to reach agreement.

The Tony Award-winner is best known for creating the story of a transgender punk-rock star in Hedwig and the Angry Inch. In this game, we remove the make-up and discover the man under the wig.

More than 40 years ago, when JoAnne Foley was a neonatal nurse, a baby was born with a severe congenital disorder. Foley recalls the way her supervisor made the baby feel loved.

NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben speaks to Hussein Ibish, a senior resident scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute, about Hamas’ strategy for the war in Gaza.

The only school in Harrold, Texas, has 100 to 125 students, and the district has 27 employees. Half are learning to shoot weapons because the nearest sheriff's deputy is at least 20 minutes away.

After a logistically complicated journey of over 36 hours, 14 juvenile giraffes have made it to their subspecies' native homeland in Iona National Park.

Last week, the hottest ticket in NYC wasn't the SNL 50th anniversary concert. It was the three nights Paul McCartney played at a tiny downtown venue that usually hosts up-and-coming indie rock bands.

George C. Wolfe's biopic chronicles the work of civil rights leader Bayard Rustin in planning an executing the historic 1963 March on Washington.

Four years ago, Sarasota County voters decided to elect commissioners through single-member voting. A Tuesday referendum asks voters if they want to return to countywide voting.

Five years ago today, a powerful earthquake struck Haiti, toppling historic landmarks, killing thousands of people, and displacing more than a million....

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks to Hanif Abdurraqib about the new book There's Always This Year. It's a mix of memoir, essays, and poems, looking at the role basketball played in Abdurraqib's life.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Russia historian Sergey Radchenko about whether Russian President Vladimir Putin under estimated the challenges for Russia when it invaded Ukraine.

The designs featured on the coins honor Tubman's life and her work as an abolitionist and social activist. The coins include $5 gold coins, $1 silver coins and half-dollar coins.

If the government shutdown extends beyond Nov. 1, more than 65,000 children could be at risk of losing access to Head Start, the federal early-learning program for low-income families.

Michigan suit is challenging lost wages for injured undocumented immigrants

In press conference that stretched over an hour, President Trump provided details on the rescue of a U.S. airman in Iran, but little information on next steps in Iran war.

St. Francis Wildlife Association can give advice by phone to those who find animals that may be sick or hurt.

About 1.7 million troops are eligible to switch from a traditional pension plan to a blended plan that works more like a 401(k). But some lack the...

Topics on Tuesday's roundtable include kidnappings in Haiti, soldiers returning from Iraq who have trouble finding work and criticism of the scheduled Live 8 concerts benefiting Africa as being "too white." Guests: Debra Dickerson, author of The End of Blackness and An American Story; Roland Martin, executive editor of The Chicago Defender; and Nat Irvin, professor at Wake Forest University.

Sandra Gail Lambert is a prominent author living in Gainesville who writes fiction, a memoir and many personal essays about her experience as a disabled lesbian activist.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Georgia election official Gabe Sterling on his plea to President Trump and fellow Republicans to condemn threats against election officials.

Loomer is a right-wing social media influencer, known for promoting conspiracy theories as well as anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim views. Some Republicans want Trump to distance himself from her.

A federal judge has ruled that a Trump administration executive order involving NPR and PBS violates the broadcasters' First Amendment rights.

With climate change causing hotter summers, states from Arizona to Illinois to Connecticut are exploring the idea of around-the-clock care during heat waves.

Denmark's foreign minister summoned the top U.S. diplomat in the country after it was reported that at least three people with connections to President Trump have been carrying out covert operations.