Fans of an Alabama jazz pioneer are celebrating his life this week. The first ever so-called Sun Ra* Festival runs through ...

NPR asked researchers, advocates, tax experts, a parent and a public school leader for their thoughts on this ...

In her order, U.S. District Judge Susan Illston said the president may not initiate large-scale executive branch ...

Rural Alabamians southwest of Huntsville will have drive longer distances for health care starting today. Lawrence Medical ...

The U.S. has officially accepted a luxury jetliner from Qatar as a gift, and slated it to become a new Air Force One. Experts ...

Some 50,000 people have been isolated by the flooding in New South Wales, after days of heavy rain. Four bodies have been ...

Six people, including music talent agent Dave Shapiro, were on board a private jet that crashed into a San Diego neighborhood ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Daniel Shapiro, former U.S. ambassador to Israel and distinguished fellow at the Atlantic ...

The academy in Emmitsburg, Md., is often described as the national war college for firefighting. It offers training that ...

The suit claims that efforts to get sensitive information about food aid recipients from states violates federal privacy laws ...

The Chagos Islands are in the middle of the Indian Ocean and home to a strategic military base on Diego Garcia.

Two staff members of the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C. were killed in a shooting after attending an event a Jewish ...