Judith Jamison, dance star and former artistic director of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, died Saturday. She was 81.

In the first interview about his new book The City and its Uncertain Walls, the celebrated author also talks with NPR about ...

Stefanik, who is the House Republican Conference Chair, has been a key ally of Trump's over the years and was reported to have been a contender as his running mate during the presidential election.

President-elect Trump announced Sunday night that Tom Homan, his former acting head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement ...

Gascón became the first trans actress to win a major prize at the Cannes Film Festival with the Best Actress Award, which she ...

Global climate talks started today in Baku, Azerbaijan, a major oil and gas producing country that borders Russia and Iran on ...

The Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Monday on whether a law that legislators adopted more than a decade before the Civil War bans abortion and can still be enforced.

After her car key broke, Betsy Cornwell was stranded and all alone. Then the unlikeliest of heroes came to her aid.

An NPR investigation finds thousands of veterans were pushed into high-cost mortgages by a program that was meant to help ...

It marks even more turmoil in an already rocky democratic transition process for Haiti, which hasn't held democratic ...

The incident follows a string of other recent deadly shootings surrounding homecoming events at schools in Southern states.

Jenkins, whose signature tune was "You'll Sing A Song," received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and was known worldwide ...