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The National Rifle Association begins its annual convention Friday, and its leaders are gearing up to "reflect on" — and deflect any blame for — the deadly shooting earlier this week in Uvalde, Texas.

In Oregon's 5th Congressional District, centrist incumbent Rep. Kurt Schrader, who had President Biden's backing, lost to his more progressive opponent, Jamie McLeod-Skinner.

The deputy attorney general told Congress last year that prosecutors would review new evidence about FBI failures in the investigation of Larry Nassar.

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

School safety experts have coalesced around a handful of important measures communities and politicians can take to protect students.

Joe Garcia had dropped off flowers at his wife's memorial on Thursday, The New York Times reported. He "pretty much just fell over" after returning home and died of a heart attack, his nephew said.

The Tampa Bay Rays and the New York Yankees used their Twitter accounts to bring awareness to gun violence instead of covering their game Thursday night.

A single block in Chelsea, Mass., may offer a template for cities looking at what works — or doesn't — to cope with longer, hotter summers because of the warming climate.

A military commission has recommended new names for nine bases named after Confederate leaders. Two years ago, in the wake of the killing of George Floyd, Congress mandated the name changes.

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Eliot Schrefer, author of Queer Ducks (And Other Animals): The Natural World of Animal Sexuality. It's about how "natural sex" may not be as binary as some think.

Boeing's Starliner capsule is to return to Earth after a stay at the Space Station as part of a test mission before it flies astronauts. The parachutes are among the systems engineers are monitoring.

From lemons to ham, salt is a handy food preservative. But researchers studying some really old salt crystals found them preserving something else — evidence of life.

On Tuesday afternoon, a gunman walked into an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, and killed 15 people. At a press conference, Gov. Greg Abbot said the suspected shooter is dead.

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with San Antonio Express-News reporter Jacob Beltran about the latest develops in the Uvalde, Texas, elementary school shooting.

The small town of Uvalde, Texas, is a place where Friday night football rules, and its claim to fame is being the hometown of actor Matthew McConaughey.

County Commissioner Kevin Van Ostenbridge called the County Clerk of Court's allegations "politically motivated."

Drowning is the second-leading preventable cause of death among young children in Florida.

Male anchors in Afghanistan are wearing masks on air in solidarity with their female colleagues. This is the latest Taliban order to threaten the freedoms and careers of Afghan women.

A shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, marks the 27th such school shooting in the U.S. this year.

Bill sponsor Jim Boyd acknowledged the bill likely will not lead to immediate rate cuts for homeowners.

Fourteen children and a teacher are dead, according to the governor of Texas, after a shooting at a Texas elementary school in Uvalde earlier today.

Timothy Hale-Cusanelli is the latest defendant to face trial for his alleged role in the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot. Federal prosecutors say he was intent on inciting a second "civil war."

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Rebecca Salinas, a digital journalist at K-SAT TV, about the latest from the Uvalde school shooting in Texas.

Tuesday is the final day for voters to cast a ballot in the Georgia primaries. The most watched races are for governor, U.S. Senate and secretary of state.

Walker topped a handful of rivals, according to a race call by The Associated Press. He will face Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock in November.