Evacuation orders were lifted Thursday for tens of thousands as firefighters slowed the spread of a huge wildfire in ...

Congress passed a law in 1992 requiring the documents surrounding President Kennedy's assassination to be released by 2017.

Tennis star Novak Djokovic was booed by some sections of the crowd after retiring injured from his Australian Open semi-final ...

Members of the family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, and the company itself, agreed to pay up to $7.4 billion in a ...

State AGs have reached a new opioid settlement worth $7.4 billion with Purdue Pharma and its owners. The settlement does not give Sackler family members immunity from future opioid lawsuits.

Donald Trump is back in office and already flexing executive authority in unprecedented ways. NPR hears analysis from Bowdoin University's Andrew Rudalevige, who studies presidential power.

President Trump is heading to LA to tour fire-ravaged areas. But first, he's making a stop in Asheville, N.C. Both communities are grappling with disaster recovery. But there is some politics at play.

Tamar Anderson Henry, 16, has autism. She came with her mother, Soleil Henry, to talk about the importance of knowing and being yourself as part of StoryCorps' "Brightness in Black" initiative.

President Trump to visit disaster areas, Trump wants to end DEI programs and extremism investigations in the U.S. military, the U.S. tries to unravel hacking plot that targeted climate activists.

After the fall of Syria's despotic Assad regime, life is slowly returning to one Damascus neighborhood, where the violence and painful memories of the past are still literally being unearthed.

An economist's harrowing escape from fire, and her big ideas to rescue California from its insurance doom spiral.

President Trump's promise to crack down on immigration is moving forward today in two ways. And, Oscar nominations will be ...