NPR has learned that the Pentagon has also approved the expansion of the U.S. Naval Base on Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for the ...

Actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner, best known for playing Theo Huxtable on The Cosby Show, has died at 54. Costa Rican authorities report he was on a family vacation there and drowned while swimming.

We remember Kenneth Colley, the British character actor who died late last month. Colley was best known as Admiral Piett in the Star Wars movies.

The man convicted in the 1979 killing of 6-year-old Etan Patz in New York City has had his conviction thrown out. A jury convicted Pedro Hernandez following his confession in the notorious abduction.

A new study finds that dogs' television-watching habits may depend on their personality. Nathan Rott is a correspondent on NPR's National Desk, where he focuses on environment issues and the American ...

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has published the latest in a series of reports that scrutinize years-old ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Rep. Seth Moulton, democrat from Massachusetts, about President Trump's recent social media post about Afghan refugees in the United Arab Emirates.

After a two-week trial, a federal judge in Boston will rule on whether the Trump administration's crackdown on noncitizen pro-Palestinian protesters is an unconstitutional violation of their right to ...

Lawyers for Harvard University and the Trump administration made their arguments today in federal court in Boston, while supporters of Harvard rallied outside.

President Trump's nomination of Emil Bove to the federal bench exposes a rift in the conservative legal movement.

The killing of a 114-year-old man by a speeding car last week brings back the spotlight on road safety in India, where authorities say accidents kill more than a hundred thousand people every year.

The days have been shorter than normal, at least if you count your time in milliseconds.