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Two documents provide new details about the procedures the National Security Agency follows when sifting huge volumes of email. The Justice Department documents were made public by The Guardian newspaper. They help explain the steps the NSA must follow when it inadvertently comes across the communications of Americans.

The cheapest place to make brushes these days is China. But there are still people pressing bristles into brushes in a factory in the Bronx, and in small plants across the country.

The 66-year-old tennis legend has been diagnosed with early stages of throat and breast cancer. "The prognosis is good," her agent told NPR.

Ken Block, an action sports legend who also co-founded Hoonigan Racing, died on Monday at age 55 after his snowmobile fell backwards on a steep slope.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy says he hopes to speak with President Biden "early" to avoid a potential default on the nation's debt this summer. He raised a bipartisan 2019 deal as a potential model.

The incident early Saturday in an upscale Los Angeles neighborhood was the latest of several mass shootings in California.

In this week's Florida Roundup, we discuss Gov. Ron DeSantis' push to solidify Florida’s bans on COVID-19 mandates, and a look at what the Everglades restoration.

The storied military academy will take down likenesses of Robert E. Lee as part of a Department of Defense directive to do away with installations that "commemorate or memorialize the Confederacy."

The assistant U.S. attorney says the government has begun sharing sensitive documents with defense attorneys. It's a bid to stop the clock on Ahmed Abu Khattala's request for a speedy trial.

Just before opening a new front in the debate over the Voting Rights Act, Attorney General Eric Holder attended a Washington event about a topic that hit close to home.

The Senate has delayed confirming Holder's successor, Loretta Lynch. Democratic Sen. Richard Durbin says Lynch has been "asked to sit in the back of the bus when it comes to the Senate calendar."

Jackie Briggs had a rose-shaped birthmark on her upper arm. One day a stranger noticed it and asked a question about the mark that ended up saving Briggs' life.

Republican Gov. Brian Kemp, Georgia's incumbent governor, clinches win over Democrat Stacey Abrams.

The Senate is expected to vote Tuesday on a measure that would protect same-sex and interracial marriages. Democrats' push to pass the bill comes while they still control both chambers of Congress.

President Obama grants a new round of clemencies to nonviolent drug offenders, pushing the total for his administration past 1,000.

The inspector general will examine whether FBI Director James Comey's public statements about the Clinton investigation ran afoul of policies that caution against influencing an election.

Attorney General Loretta Lynch says she regrets that her impromptu meeting with Bill Clinton has "cast a shadow" on the investigation of Hillary Clinton's email use, but did not recuse herself.

The strongest tornado to impact the Los Angeles metro area in 40 years touched down at 11:14 a.m. for two to three minutes, according to the National Weather Service.

What happens when gold turns to silver for the U.S. women's water polo team?

The multiyear agreement was reached just before the deadline. According to UnitedHealthcare, negotiations stalled due to a disagreement over Medicare Advantage and Medicaid contracts.

In Around My French Table, cookbook author Dorie Greenspan revels in the idea that French home cooks take shortcuts just like Americans do -- they just don't talk about it as loudly. She demonstrates how people can make a French version of shepherd's pie -- with and without shortcuts.

Kimberly Mata-Rubio says she hopes to reunite the community if elected. The town has been torn on how to move on after 19 children and two teachers were killed in the 2022 shooting at Robb Elementary.

Sinéad O'Connor, the acclaimed Irish singer who had one of the biggest hits of the early '90s with her version of "Nothing Compares 2 U," has died. She was 56.

President Bush faces tough negotiations Sunday, when he's due to meet Vladimir Putin at the Bush family compound in Kennebunkport, Maine. Among the topics of discussion will be the impasse on locations for a U.S. missile defense system.

Prediction is an important way to guide innovation, so why do we often get it so wrong?