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NASA successfully launched and landed a test version of its next-generation Orion spacecraft on Friday morning. The unmanned test is the first for the follow-on to the shuttle.

Americans once waited in line for the chance to be photographed atop the striped donkeys on this famed tourist strip. But 9/11, the recession and the Mexican drug war have stifled tourism and nearly put the "zonkeys" and their owners out of work. A new push is on to save the historic icons.

Lawmakers in recent years have been unable to reach agreements to end the 60-day regular legislative sessions on time.

The pandemic-driven recession has forced states to slash their education budgets. School funding experts worry districts will have to make devastating cuts if the federal government doesn't help soon.

How do you keep your office connected when people are working from home and practicing social distancing? One CEO is throwing virtual happy hours and online karaoke parties.

Mario Gonzalez, 26, died in police custody on April 19. Body camera footage showed police pinning him to the ground for several minutes.

Supporters of Israel were critical of Monday's Supreme Court ruling that struck down a law allowing U.S. citizens to list Israel as their birthplace if they were born in Jerusalem.

House Speaker Chris Sprowls calls the measure "one of the most robust and bold proposals in the entire United States of America." It awaits Gov. Ron DeSantis' signature.

A massacre in the West African nation of Burkina Faso has left at least 130 people dead. It was the country's deadliest attack in years.

Actor Clarence Williams III has died. He was best known for playing Linc Hayes on The Mod Squad and Prince's father in Purple Rain.

At this new takeout restaurant in Pittsburgh, the only food served is from countries the United States is in conflict with. Their sandwich, the kubideh, is from Iran and comes in a wrapper covered with information meant to spark conversation.

At the Group of 20 summit, President Obama reassured Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that the U.S. will do more to find a solution to Syria's political crisis, while also countering ISIS.

Iranians vote for a president on Friday. In the streets of Tehran the expectation is that a hardliner will win, in part for lack of many other choices.

Washington may seem divided, but a recent dinner hosted by Vice President Kamala Harris for her former female colleagues in the Senate hints at something else: personal relationships.

The three astronauts who blasted off Thursday from the Jiuquan launch center in northwestern China will stay three months in the Tianhe, or Heavenly Harmony.

In an open letter to NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, the Harlem Globetrotters demanded the team join the league as a franchise.

NPR's Audie Cornish chats with Wall Street Journal reporter Alexandra Wexler about rising rates of avocado theft in South Africa.

Thousands of Afghan interpreters, who helped the U.S. military in its two decades in the country, may be at risk. There are growing calls on Capitol Hill to help them relocate to the United States.

Democrats hope to pass immigration reform through budget reconciliation, but it's unclear if the rules will permit them to do that.

China and the Taliban are increasing their outreach to each other, as the insurgent group takes over much of Afghanistan.

The U.S. Senate is poised to pass a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, before moving ahead to a $3.5 trillion spending effort that would encompass much of President Biden's domestic agenda.

The policy announced Monday threatens a "hard quarantine" that is longer than the Games themselves for anyone who arrives unvaccinated.

In many places, homecoming celebrations feel more meaningful this year. At one high school in Washington, D.C., homecoming was the largest event hosted by administrators since the pandemic started.

We have the latest from Houston, where surging crowds led to panic at the Astroworld Festival, resulting in at least 8 deaths and several injuries.

We look at the latest on what's now known about the music festival tragedy in Houston on Friday night, when a surge in the crowd resulted in a deadly stampede.