South Carolina is the latest Southern state that may redraw congressional maps after the Supreme Court weakened a key section of the Voting Rights Act. The new district lines could squeeze out an ...

The U.S. government is responding to the Ebola outbreak in with travel restrictions. American citizens and permanent ...

Some NATO allies say they are confused by President Trump's different statements on U.S. troop deployments to Europe.

In north-east DR Congo, fear is spreading faster than answers as communities confront an Ebola outbreak that went undetected for weeks.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Greg Ip, chief economics commentator at The Wall Street Journal, about rising bond yields and what they mean for consumer and the broader economy.

Mass. congressman Barney Frank was the first House member to come out as gay and was instrumental in Wall Street reforms ...

Nearly 100,000 volunteers helped the town rebuild and a spirit of community service continues to this day. Researchers studying human behavior catastrophes can bring out compassion in surprising ways.

Surging food costs and fuel prices are pummeling Maine's struggling groundfishing industry. But a pandemic-era program is ...

A gas explosion at a coal mine in China's northern province of Shanxi killed at least 90 people. Official news agency Xinhua ...

Chile digs desert trenches along its northern border as President José Antonio Kast pushes a hardline migration crackdown ...

The temperature is climbing, and so are people's utility bills. Rising electricity prices and hotter-than-usual weather could ...

The USS Ford came home to a hero's welcome. Sailors had been away from home for nearly a year, through two conflicts, a fire ...