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Jewish members of Germany's far-right party are launching a group called "Jews in the AfD." The group insists that claims about the AfD's anti-Semitism are exaggerated.

The tax remains 18.4 cents a gallon. Yet, the cost of building and maintaining roads, bridges and transit keeps going up — leaving the highway trust fund running on empty.

First lady Melania Trump is in Kenya visiting orphanages for children as well as for elephants. Her trip has focuses on issues affecting conservation and children and families.

Steve Inskeep talks to Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal, a Democratic member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, ahead of the cloture vote on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

Lucha libre wrestling cemented the bond between a father and son. At StoryCorps, John Torres Jr. talks about how he has carried on the legacy after his father's death.

A Senate procedural vote will likely determine the fate of Supreme Court nominee Kavanaugh. Brazilians go to the polls Sunday to elect the next president. The Nobel Peace Prize winner is announced.

Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad have been named winners of the prize. The committee praised them for being symbols in the fight to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict.

Ambassador Charles Kushner called the French foreign minister after failing to show up to a summons following Trump administration tweets about the beating death of a far-right activist in France.

Crowds gathered in protest on Capitol Hill and elsewhere after the release of the FBI report into an allegation of sexual assault against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

Gilbert Police Chief Ty Techar says an early frost means the birds have been "getting a little more 'tipsy' than normal" on fermented berries.

Companies flush with cash are choosing to use some of that money to buy back their own stock shares, instead of investing in new products or raises for employees. So, is this a good trend?

Earlier this summer, Saga Vanecek was doing what she often does: wading in Sweden's Lake Vidöstern. It was then that she felt something odd beneath her hand and knee. The sword is from the Iron Age.

David Greene talks to former federal prosecutor Renato Mariotti about the findings of the FBI's report on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

David Greene talks to Emily Yoffe, contributing editor at The Atlantic magazine, about the responsibility the public has to not only believe sexual assault survivors, but also to hear out the accused.

An initial vote Friday in the Senate will tells us if Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh gets to 50. That is the number of votes he would need for confirmation plus Vice President Pence's vote.

WHO upgraded the risk factor to "very high" in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Yet officials point to reasons for cautious optimism.

Sunday's election in Brazil represents an important gauge of how far to the right voters in Latin America's largest nation are prepared to turn.

Heidi Heitkamp is one of the most vulnerable senators up for re-election, trying to hold onto voters in a place that President Trump won big in 2016. She's under pressure over Kavanaugh's nomination.

The Senate is poised to move President Trump's Supreme Court nominee one step closer to confirmation Friday. Steve Inskeep talks to White House spokesperson Kerri Kupec, who defends the nominee.

Satellite images from commercial companies show the extent of U.S. and Israeli strikes, and how Iran is responding.

The group gathered to speak out against the possibility of another war in the Middle East. Meantime, a rally of Iranian Americans in downtown Tampa celebrated the military strikes.

The high prices came as U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran and retaliatory strikes against Israel and U.S. military installations around the Gulf sent disruptions through the global energy supply chain.

The deaths of three U.S. service members mark the first American casualties since the start of operation "Epic Fury" on Saturday. President Trump said "there will likely be more" Americans killed.

A storied football team may be moving out of Illinois. Will fans of the Chicago Bears stick with them when they become the Hammond Bears?

Attorney General Pam Bondi testified on Capitol Hill Wednesday before House lawmakers in a frequently combative hearing.