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For all the formality of an Oval Office address, the partial shutdown is no closer to being over, and Democrats and Republicans are living in very different worlds when it comes to immigration policy.

When Adriana Florez’s family came to the U.S. from Colombia a little over a decade ago, each family member was only allowed to bring two bags. The night…

The Nassau Board of County Commissioners has made historic American Beach’s conversion from septic tanks to general sewer a priority and they’re...

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with former ambassador J. Peter Pham about how the U.S. has imposed its first sanctions related to the conflict in Sudan after ceasefire efforts collapsed.

Love works in mysterious ways. The unlikely trio has teamed up on a story called The Italian Lesson. "An American woman goes to a hill town in Tuscany, opens a café, meets this hunk," Mary Trump says.

As a powerful Hindu nationalist group celebrated its centenary in the Indian city of Nagpur, across town, hundreds renounced their Hindu faith and converted to Buddhism.

Weekend Edition Saturday host Scott Simon talks with Errol Louis, host of NY1's Inside City Hall, about the latest in the New York City mayoral race bribe scheme. A Democratic New York state senator is charged with trying to buy a spot on the Republican ticket.

Armed with record fundraising and broad support, McCarley becomes the first woman elected mayor in Lakeland’s history.

Israeli airstrikes have hit several UNRWA schools where people are sheltering, the Gaza Health Ministry says at least 23 people, many of them women and children, were killed and more than 70 wounded.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with University of St. Thomas law professor Mark Osler about the House Oversight Committee's call for an investigation into President Biden's executive actions signed by autopen.

With his election victory, Donald Trump will be able to make at least two of his criminal prosecutions go away by Inauguration Day -- if not before.

The $572 million judgment against Johnson & Johnson will cover one year of addiction treatment and prevention the judge says. But health economists predict it will take decades to abate the problem.

A bipartisan group of lawmakers is hoping to break the logjam that's been holding up pandemic relief in Congress. The clock is ticking for millions of people whose aid will expire later this month.

In prior seasons, the former Marine turned low-rent hitman — played by star, writer, director, producer Bill Hader — has ruthlessly eliminated anyone who might discover his secret past as a killer.

Federal officials are expected to announce this week that the number of migrants crossing the Southern border has declined after months of increases.

Amid uncertainty around President Trump's tariffs, some Champagne-makers say they're losing trust in the U.S. market.

Didn't get your full eight hours of sleep last night? NPR's Life Kit has tips to recover in the aftermath of a bad night's sleep.

It's Oscars weekend: Time to grab your ballot and mark your picks for Best Everything before Sunday night's Academy Awards telecast.

The tip jar has been replaced with a touch screen, seemingly everywhere. Every little purchase, from coffee to a burrito, seems to lead to a screen asking for a minimum tip. How did we get here?

More school districts are reopening with in-person classes or under a hybrid model this week. But are schools reopening safely? What does the science say?

The beloved pianist was a young lion of his generation until a hand injury forced him to rethink his relationship to music.

Move over, Girl with the Dragon Tattoo — a grumpy man may soon take your place as America's favorite fictional Swede. The film adaptation of the best-seller A Man Called Ove is now coming to the U.S.

California moved from a risk-based to an age-based system for the COVID-19 vaccine in January. People with disabilities say that pivot cast them aside and they should have been prioritized.

Six years ago, hedge fund manager David Einhorn launched a battle to expose accounting problems at Allied Capital, a financial company. In a new book, he says the experience revealed how the media and financial regulators can sometimes fail investors.

In 2013, the court gutted a key provision of the law, citing that Section 2 of the act still bars discrimination in voting nationwide. Now, Section 2 is in the conservative court's crosshairs.