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Governments around the world are using the pandemic to ignore international asylum law and shut out refugees. Advocates expect these policies will continue long after the COVID-19 crisis.

GOP presidential candidates debated in Detroit. Michigan's primary is on Tuesday. The debate was one of the last chances Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio had to slow Donald Trumps march to the nomination.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly asks OB-GYN Kristin Lyerly what doctors and patients in Wisconsin have been dealing with before the Supreme Court election — and how it affects abortion in the region.

Cabrini-Green was a symbol for public housing in the late 20th century until it was torn down in 2011. Ben Austen talks with Scott Simon about that history and his new book, High-Risers.

In 2005, two Chicagoans made a generational classic and then sprinted in opposite directions, each daring the rest of hip-hop to follow them.

In Guatemala's mosquito-plagued lowlands, researchers use a novel tool — they call it an "insectazooka" — to suck up mosquitoes. Then they peer at the blood meal, searching for unknown pathogens.

Ultraviolet light can burn your skin and raise the risk for skin cancer. New research has helped uncover how the rays can weaken skin's outer layer, compromising its ability to protect the body.

The criminal and civil cases related to the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School are just beginning — and they raise a number of thorny questions about who is responsible for a tragedy.

Victims range in age from 54 to 97. Robert Bowers , 46, has been charged with 29 separate federal crimes for his attack on the Tree of Life synagogue.

Every year, Reporters Without Borders investigates how many journalists were killed, imprisoned or held hostage. In 2018, the group saw an increase in every category.

With only a test dummy aboard, Boeing's astronaut capsule pulled up and parked at the International Space Station for the first time, a huge achievement for the company after years of false starts.

Texas officials had said a teacher propped door open at Robb Elementary just before a gunman entered and carried out a mass shooting — but they now acknowledge that the woman closed the door.

Thirteen girls and women plan to sue the FBI for its failure to act on reports of abuse by the former gymnastics doctor.

As the Mideast crisis continues to intensify, the head of Lebanon's militant group Hezbollah declares "open war," and Israel says it will not stop its military campaign until Hezbollah is disarmed.

Congressional negotiators reached a deal Monday with one of two key House Republicans opposing a sweeping overhaul of the nation's intelligence establishment, moving one step closer to passing reforms recommended by the Sept. 11 commission last summer. NPR.org explains the bill's key provisions and outlines the key sticking points in the negotiations.

North Korea's Kim Jong Un vows to develop more powerful means of, days after the country's first intercontinental ballistic missile launch in more than four years

Some corals have turned a ghostly white due to extreme heat stress. It's the fourth bleaching event on the Great Barrier Reef in the last seven years, which makes it harder to recover.

Without a heavy dose of April and May showers, the state's drought will deepen. That could lead to stricter rules on water use and another devastating wildfire season.

California's attorney general is investigating oil and gas companies for allegedly deceiving the public that most plastic can be recycled, citing NPR and PBS Frontline's investigation of the industry.

The declaration releases emergency funds to recovery efforts in three counties in northeastern New Mexico.

In the latest Politically Speaking column, Senior Washington Editor Ron Elving examines the largely positive coverage of former President Reagan in the wake of his death.

Justice Clarence Thomas' disclosure form had been eagerly awaited in the wake of news reports that he accepted luxury trips worth hundreds of thousands of dollars from GOP megadonor Harlan Crow.

LGBTQ+-themed books remain the most likely targets of bans at public schools and libraries, the American Library Association says. Maia Kobabe's memoir topped the list for the second year in a row.

The former U.S. Marine, 24, was videotaped putting Neely in a chokehold on the NYC subway on May 1. He surrendered to police ahead of his arraignment on Friday and was released on $100,000 bail.

In a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll, 55 percent of Americans say they disapprove of the Senate GOP bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.