Avis Williams has been superintendent of the city’s nearly all-charter school system for just over two years. The district ...

Lich Vu has been in the hospital since the Oct. 27 incident that left him with a brain bleed and a broken neck. The ...

Newly elected Senate Majority Leader John Thune faces a series of confrontations ahead within his own party.

President-Elect Donald Trump's pick for Secretary of Defense — Peter Hegseth — has gotten a lot of attention for his tattoos.

Israeli officials say they're closer to declaring "mission accomplished" in southern Lebanon. They aimed to push Hezbollah militia away from the border so thousands of Israelis can return to the area.

NPR's podcast Short Wave brings the stories of a newly identified deep sea creature, the benefits of exercise for healing our nervous system and science-backed tips for holiday eating.

Every year, millions of pounds of garbage pollute freshwater lakes across the U.S. In Minnesota, scuba divers took a deeper look at where all the underwater trash is coming from and how to prevent it.

In Jacques Audiard's melodrama Emilia Perez, a prosecutor gets an unusual request from the head of a Mexican cartel. He wants help transitioning out of his life of crime and his life as a man.

The Biden administration pumped billions of dollars into roads, bridges, airports and rail -- but saw little if any political benefit in the election.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we hear about two new podcasts. One on the investigation into a 1972 shooting at Southern ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — a former presidential candidate who has a history of spreading conspiracy theories, including about ...

After last week's losses, Democrats have pointed fingers, laid blame, and second-guessed themselves. NPR called three strategists to look ahead instead and ask: Where does the party go from here?