Enrollment has declined in more of Maine school districts over the last five years than the national average, according to ...

President Trump promised a weekend crackdown of Washington, D.C.'s homeless population and criminals. Trump activated federal ...

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with U.S. Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker about the planned meeting between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin and prospects for Ukraine.

In western Colorado, firefighters are up against windy, hot weather as they try to protect homes and infrastructure from a ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made his case on Sunday about why Israel is moving to take control of the rest of the Gaza Strip, pushing back against mounting criticism of the escalation.

Personal items owned by Whitney Houston are being auctioned off on Monday. NPR talks with Darren Julien, executive director of Julien's Auctions, which is known for selling famous people's stuff.

KWONG: I want to start by descending in an imaginary submarine to travel to the deep sea. Where is this part of the ocean? What does it look like and what lives there? ORCUTT: The deep sea is a ...

Luthier Jean Horner taught himself to make fiddles in the 1950s. His instruments became know as the Stradivari's of the Appalachian Cumberlands. He died earlier this year at age 91.

In a new book, Mallary Tenore Tarpley says she's learned to reject perfectionism when it comes to recovery and accept her ...

Civil rights lawyers say many migrant detainees in Florida's "Alligator Alcatraz" are being barred from meeting regularly ...

The Trump administration has given an ultimatum to immigrants without legal status: Leave voluntarily, or you'll be detained ...

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation identified the man who opened fire at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as ...