The fragile state of the U.S. air traffic control system was easy to see during the recent outages in Newark. But it will be a lot harder to make up for decades of underinvestment and other mistakes.

A new opera tells the story of the Black women who organized in Alabama leading up to the Montgomery bus boycott.

A single mother in Gaza describes what hunger looks like for her and her eight children under Israeli restrictions on aid.

When a massive elephant entered a small grocery shore in Thailand in search of snacks, chaos did not ensue.

Proposed federal budget cuts to health and social programs would affect about 8 million seniors living in poverty. Many rely on state and federal support that the Trump Administration wants to cut.

The Trump administration is now cutting or threatening to cut federal funding for research. So, what does that mean for universities as we know them?

The feud seemed to drive a stake through the big-money political bromance between the president and Elon Musk -- who spent close to $300 million to elect Trump and became one of his closest advisers.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged the government was arming factions in the Gaza Strip to combat Hamas, ...

The NBA Finals begin. The best-of-seven series between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Indiana Pacers is sure to be thrilling. It's the seventh year in a row a different NBA champion will be crowned.

The band the Ting Tings has a new album, Home, and a new sound. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to members Katie White and Jules De Martino about both.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Stephen Vladeck, a Georgetown University law professor, about how President Trump's legal strategy on travel bans has shifted from his previous administration.

Texas Tech and the University of Texas are facing off in the College World Series. We talk about it and the million dollar player.