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In picking members of his Cabinet and top White House officials, President-elect Joe Biden has increasingly turned to people who worked for...

New unemployment claims jumped sharply last week, as a surge in coronavirus cases put new stress on the U.S. economy. The rise in unemployme...

Lawyers filed a lawsuit against NCAA on Thursday over its system to enforce academic performance, which allegedly discriminates against Blac...

It's the fourth such pact brokered by the Trump administration in recent months between Israel and Arab countries in the Middle East and Afr...

The City Council votes to expand other services, including violence prevention and mental health crisis response teams. But, facing a veto t...

President-elect Biden has picked two more for top positions: Susan Rice is set to lead the White House Domestic Policy Council and Denis McD...

Rice's selection to serve in a domestic role is somewhat unexpected given her extensive credentials in foreign policy. The position does not...

McDonough, who did not serve in the military, is a longtime aide of former President Barack Obama.

Researchers found census records showing the entrepreneur and philanthropist owned slaves as late as 1850, contrary to the long-held belief...

The largest county in the nation is hoping a hotline to report hate will give Los Angeles a better understanding of where discrimination is...

Opposition to the death penalty is "a teaching that deserves our respect," says Oklahoma City Archbishop Paul Coakley. "I don't think it can...

When the coronavirus hit, thousands of unsheltered people in the state were moved into hotels under a plan known as "Project Roomkey." Now m...

Whether it's officers participating in neo-Nazi chat groups or hoarding ammunition to prepare for a doomsday scenario, extremism is a persis...

Leading up to his hospitalization, the president's personal attorney had been traveling the country on behalf of President Trump's failed le...

The federal lawsuit is an effort to get the state to improve prison conditions after negotiations with officials failed to result in volunta...

Following the conviction, prosecutors said Michael Hari's goal in bombing the Dar al-Farooq Islamic Center in 2017 "was to spread hatred" an...

If Pfizer's vaccine wins authorization, about 44,000 doses will be administered to Department of Defense individuals in a first round of sho...

The nation looks to the Food and Drug Administration this week as it considers authorizing emergency use of the vaccine developed by Pfizer....

Johnny Roman Garza, 21, pleaded guilty in September to conspiring with three other members of a group called the Atomwaffen Division to iden...

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with retired Lt. Gen. Stephen Twitty about what retired Gen. Lloyd Austin's nomination as defense secretary means fo...

NPR wants to hear from you if you have lost income and needed a mortgage forbearance or if you tried to get help from your landlord.

The 2020 holiday office party is going to look different this year, with big in-person events a no-go and most people working remotely. So s...

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Cindy Krischer Goodman of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel about Florida's response to the coronavirus pandemic.

A Colorado state team has picked up a mock vaccine at Denver's airport to deliver to a remote mountain hospital to test the ability to maint...

Brazil's Gol Airlines brought the jetliner back into service Wednesday for the first time since it was grounded in 2019 after two deadly cra...