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The State Department says its updated policy "takes into account the realities of modern families" and advances in reproductive technology.

Though it's highly rare for a police officer to be handed such a heavy sentence, many expressed disappointment. Others see it as a winning precedent that promises future accountability.

Sen. Anna Eskamani says this includes delayed processing and people getting locked out of their accounts.

The No Child Left Behind Act, signed into law in 2002, mandated standardized testing in the nation's public schools to establish a measure of accountability among states and school districts for the academic performance of their students. The pressures of such testing are most acutely felt among the schools which perennially have low scores, like Northwestern High School in Baltimore.

The Seminole Tribe of Florida has filed a legal challenge against controversial new state water-quality standards, arguing they don't adequately take...

With 61,737 people enrolling from Feb. 15 to 28, the state accounted for nearly 30 percent of the new enrollment and far outpaced other states.

NPR's Scott Simon remarks on the persistence of robocalls, which have taken on fresh annoyance these days with so many people working from home.

Soon after the terrorist attack in London, the Parliament's Twitter account posted a short message restoring business as usual. NPR's Scott Simon remembers another time Brits met terror with calm.

To reduce the odds a patient will have to return to the hospital, some health systems are trying to do a better job coordinating care. Starting in 2012, the federal health law will penalize hospitals for excess readmissions for some conditions.

Tennessee Judge Kathleen Gomes said she'd never seen such a conservatorship for someone who isn't disabled. She isn't dismissing Oher's case to receive accounts of his finances from the Tuohys.

The MSU Board of Trustees said it was "outraged" by the image and vowed to hold school personnel accountable. Hitler's image appeared as part of a YouTube trivia quiz played on the stadium's screen.

NPR's Scott Simon remembers understated comedian and actor Bob Newhart, who died this week at the age of 94.

In a turbulent economy, here's how to weather the inflation storm. Experts offer ways to make better financial decisions as the government struggles to control inflation and head off a recession.

For the first time in NCAA tournament history, players can strike deals to profit off their names, images and likenesses. Brands have already spent millions, and some say it's just the start.

Many state Medicaid programs pay out-of-state providers much less than in-state facilities, often making it hard for families with medically complex children to get the care they seek.

NPR's Ailsa Chang goes on a tour with LA Times columnist Patt Morrison of Los Angeles' top makeout spots, which offer a vantage point into the city's last century of development and urban sprawl.

Senators want to speak to Donald Trump Jr. about his meeting with a Russian lawyer; the Venezuelan government tries to gain more power; and an important decision for family of a British infant.

“Pandora’s Gamble” describes how 2,000 to 3,000 gallons of wastewater potentially containing anthrax, Ebola and other deadly pathogens spilled from an Army facility in Maryland in 2018.

William Simpson wants to deploy the wild horses across public lands, to live and graze — and ultimately, prevent the worst wildfires.

IRS investigators are cracking down on wealthy people who put their money into elaborately designed tax shelters. U.S. officials say tax avoidance schemes marketed to wealthy corporations and individuals exploded in the 1990s. NPR's Jim Zarroli reports.

Siding with the Department of Environmental Protection on procedural grounds, an administrative law judge has rejected a series of challenges to...

Former President Donald Trump faced some tough questioning from Latino voters Wednesday night. He largely sidestepped those questions in his answers and instead stuck to his broader campaign themes.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Marc Goldwein, a policy official at the Center for a Responsible Federal Budget, to parse out the reality versus the rancor in the government budget battle.

On Friday, Trump shared a post that included the name of a former intelligence community official who many of the president's supporters believe is the whistleblower.

The ACLU filed a lawsuit this week against two psychologists whom the CIA contracted to develop a harsh interrogation program. A December Senate report described what many consider to be CIA torture.