South African human rights lawyer Navi Pillay wins the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for advancing human rights and international ...

Middle schooler Cora Walsh of Long Island, N.Y., has won the 2026 NPR Student Podcast Challenge with a story about her ...

NY, is in a tight race for re-election in a toss-up district that could help determine control of Congress in November.

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The Trump administration says it has deported more than 25,000 people to countries to which they have no ties. NPR spoke to ...

Pike has begun walking and eating again at a hospital a week after surviving Tennessee's attempt to execute her with lethal ...

Twenty-five years ago this week, the U.S. invaded Afghanistan. For StoryCorps, one Afghan couple offers an account of their experience after the invasion and eventual U.S. withdrawal.

The Trump administration is funneling $100 million into educating STEM researchers who are U.S. citizens. The move comes after other changes under Trump have forced cutbacks in university research.

What do influencing, AI and health sciences have in common? They're all degree programs colleges have launched in the last ...

On Thursday in San Diego, servicemembers who have been on an extended deployment on the USS Abraham Lincoln were reunited with family members.

The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier has returned home after a record-setting uninterrupted time at sea supporting the ...