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Standard letters are taking weeks to reach their destination. As confidence in the postal service continues to erode, what it being done to...

Swarms of locusts have reached dangerous levels in parts of Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya. They're reproducing rapidly in part because of unus...

Officials launched a probe into Burr's business dealings after the senator warned a group of constituents in February to prepare for the cor...

Maine says it received vaccines with "the thermometer on the outside of the boxes ... [showing] that at some point the required minimum temp...

Pipeliners Local 798, which represents thousands of workers on projects across the country, has a history of racism and faces new allegation...

Steven Brandenburg, the Wisconsin pharmacist who admitted to removing some 570 doses of the Moderna vaccine from cold storage last month, ha...

"Sharing grief brings people together," says historian Micki McElya. The ceremony in Washington, D.C., Tuesday is the most prominent memoria...

"Humility and confidence should be the flip sides of America's leadership coin," Blinken testified at his Senate confirmation hearing on Tue...

"I believe this genocide is ongoing," Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said, in a forceful statement that was issued on his last full day repr...

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., a member of the Problem Solvers Caucus, about what legislation he thinks lawmakers wil...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with historian Micki McElya, who wrote The Politics of Mourning, about the significance of the tribute at the...

President-elect Joe Biden arrived in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday ahead of Wednesday's inauguration. He will attend a memorial service for t...

A vast network of activists and organizations emerged to oppose Donald Trump's presidency. Many are trying to figure out how to form a new a...

Six marching bands from historically Black colleges and universities will play during President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration on Wednesday....

With COVID-19 vaccines being rolled out, our hopes and dreams of life after a pandemic are one step closer to reality. We want to hear what...

"We are hopeful for change and that we start building more bridges instead of walls," says Ronald Rael, one of the designers of the project....

The conviction of some Christians that God has a particular plan for America gave extra potency to efforts in support of Trump's attempts to...

Dr. Rachel Levine is currently the secretary of health in Pennsylvania, where she leads the state's fight against COVID-19.

California is moving to revamp use of "less lethal" rounds fired by police, that include bean bags and rubber bullets, Several demonstrators...

President-elect Biden's nominee for Secretary of State Tony Blinken will answer questions at Tuesday's hearing. He has promised to restore A...

We talk with the authors of Why Nations Fail about whether the Capitol insurrection is a sign our nation is failing, and, if so, if there's...

It's President Trump' last full day in office. Senate panels consider five of President-elect Biden's cabinet nominees. Thousands of Hondura...

Robbie Pruitt, the assistant rector for a Virginia church, thought perhaps someone really needed his bike. He has invited people to donate o...

Eight alleged members of extremist groups were charged in the past week in connection with the Jan. 6 siege at the U.S. Capitol. (Image cred...

A migrant caravan consisting of thousands of Hondurans is moving north with the aim of reaching the U.S., and a less restrictive border poli...