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Louis Gossett Jr., the first Black man to win a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role as a gunnery sergeant in An Officer and a Gentleman, has died. He was 87.

The new benefits take a cue from a pandemic success story — when an expanded U.S. child tax credit briefly cut child poverty in half. Some states include immigrants and index credits to inflation.

A codefendant in the Georgia election interference case claimed Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has had an improper relationship with a prosecutor on the case. Willis responded Friday.

Research suggests the biggest source of pain for children in the health care system is needles. One California doctor says the fear of needles is a serious problem, but proposes some simple solutions.

This week, Mitch McConnell announced he will step down as Republican leader in the Senate. NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with journalist and biographer Michael Tackett about McConnell's career.

One year after a train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, NPR's Scott Detrow sits down with Mayor Trent Conaway to discuss how the village is recovering.

The Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition hosted a presidential candidate event over the weekend. Most at the gathering of Christian conservatives said they're willing to stand by former President Trump.

Several families of people who fatally overdosed on the herb kratom are now suing the gas stations and vape shops that sold it to their loved ones.

On any given week, there could be a main character that the internet is obsessed with. Right now, it's the Cape Verde team's goal keeper – Josimar Jose Evora Dias – better known as Vozinha.

NPR's Steve Inskeep asks Kurt Volker, a former U.S. ambassador to NATO, about what critics perceive as the Trump administration's threat to the transatlantic alliance.

The NFL playoffs start Saturday as 14 teams look to make Super Bowl LX {60} next month in Santa Clara, California. NPR's A Martinez talks to Martenzie Johnson of ESPN and Andscape about what to watch.

A month after Maduro's ousting, Venezuela's interim leader walks a tightrope between U.S. demands and Chavista hardliners expectations.

What does the future hold for the Washington Post after executives announced mass layoffs this week? NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Marty Baron, the paper's former executive editor.

The week of competition at the U.S. Figure Skating National Championships wrapped up Sunday, and the skaters that will represent Team USA in the Milan-Cortina Olympics in February have been named.

Ahead of Wednesday's World Cup match at Miami Stadium against Brazil, Scotland's supporters — the Tartan Army — made their presence known at Loan Depot Park Monday night.

Ecuador's runoff vote pits Trump ally and incumbent Daniel Noboa against leftist challenger Luisa González, in an election dominated by the issue of security in a highly polarized political landscape.

A new art exhibit in Phoenix features some of the world's prickliest plants. It could also help save them.

With his attack on Venezuela, President Trump says the Monroe Doctrine is back, reviving a more than 200-year-old foreign policy idea. In Cuba, residents brace for what that could mean for them.

Iran holds a funeral procession for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei more than four months after he was killed in U.S.-Israeli strikes.

The world's two most populous countries — India and China — are missing from the expanded 48-team men's World Cup, highlighting corruption, bureaucratic rot and youth sports culture.

The Florida Board of Education approved the change amid public outcry and some lawmakers calling the move a violation of state law.

The Iraq national men's team hasn't played a World Cup in 40 years; a drought that ends Tuesday night, to the excitement of soccer fans in Dearborn, Michigan, home to a large Iraqi diaspora.

Despite being in control of the White House and Congress, Republicans have been unable to pass their health care agenda. We look at why that's the case, as well as a new lawsuit against the president.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Nick Lapis of Californians Against Waste about the new law that standardizes food label "use by" dates and how that reduces consumer confusion and tons of food waste.

In an unusual move, FIFA's Disciplinary Committee announced that it would delay Folarin Balogun's one-game red card ban. It came after President Trump spoke to FIFA President Gianni Infantino.