The prime minister fled. There's an interim government. Our writer urges global health groups, including WHO and UNICEF, to help preserve the nation's health-care achievements at this critical time, ...

The State Department said it would start a pilot program that will require cash deposits to tourist and business visas for people from countries with high overstay rates.

Texas GOP is threatening to arrest Democratic lawmakers unless they return to vote on redrawing the congressional map. And, two NASA satellite missions that scientists and farmers rely on could end.

Since his return to office, President Trump has waged something of a pressure campaign on economic data and the people in charge of delivering it. His firing of the Bureau of Labor Statistics ...

Texas Republicans are threatening to arrest Democrats in the state House unless they return, so the Legislature can work on a plan that could add GOP seats in the Congress.

President Trump has positioned nuclear submarines close to Russia. What pressure, if any, is this bringing on Russian President Vladimir Putin? NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Sergey Radchenko, a ...

A Rohingya Muslim man tells the story of how he escaped the squalid refugee camp in southern Bangladesh where he was born and came to the U.S. as a refugee.

Roadside convenience stores can be a good place to pick up a snack or even a meal on a long drive. Now, one nostalgic chain, a Stuckey's in Missouri, has branched out from its usual fare and put Halal ...

Dozens of criminal cases are being dismissed in Massachusetts and other states as public defenders refuse to take on new cases until they get a pay raise.

Spotted lanternflies are appearing all over the East Coast. The invasive insects damage plants and trees. What should you do when you spot them?

Hundreds of former Israeli military officials are demanding an end to the war in Gaza. NPR's Leila Fadel asks retired Maj. Gen. Amos Yadlin why he signed a letter to President Trump.

During heat waves in California, emergency rooms fill up with people. A new study explores who ends up in the ER, and how much healthcare costs will increase in the future as climate change worsens ...