Yellowhammer, camellia, southern longleaf pine - these are all symbols of Alabama, the home state of Alexis Okeowo, a staff writer at The New Yorker and daughter of Nigerian immigrants, who wanted to ...

President Trump promised a weekend crackdown of Washington, D.C.'s homeless population and criminals. Trump activated federal agents to also be a show of force across the district.

NPR has learned that dozens of immigrants across the U.S. have received letters notifying them that their asylum cases have been dismissed because they have not yet received a screening interview.

NPR's Books We Love list has lots of great reads, as recommended by our staffers, including Stephen Graham Jones' latest novel and Fredrik Backman's summer story about the friendship of four teens.

Most of those detained were arrested for carrying signs supporting a pro-Palestinian group recently banned as a terrorist ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu doubled down on his plan for Israel to seize control of Gaza City and the remaining ...

Leaders including French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, U.K.

Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said President Trump has the power to deploy the National Guard, but "none of the ...

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

Each year for the past 89, Galax, Va., has hosted what it proclaims is the world's oldest and largest fiddler's convention.

"Chief of War" tells the story of the Hawaiian Islands' unification from a native Hawaiian perspective. NPR's Adrian Ma speaks with the show's co-creator, Thomas Pa'a Sibbett.

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