Each year the State Department releases its Country Reports on Human Rights. NPR has obtained internal State department documents that show major changes coming this year ...

French monks used animal skins to bind and cover their books. One group of books covers didn't look at all like the others. Protein fingerprint and DNA analysis revealed them to be not local cows or ...

In one of the worlds largest refugee camps, thousands of predominantly Somali refugees hoping to travel to the U.S. are waiting anxiously to see if the program will be resumed later in April.

Recent reports and surveys are showing that for a growing number of women who are not married prefer to stay single over getting married.

A presidential effort to revoke Harvard University's tax-exempt status could run up against a number of challenges, including ...

John Cena could become WWE's most decorated world champion ever at WrestleMania this weekend. If he does it, it'll be as the bad guy – a role Cena hasn't played for most of his wrestling career.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Friday that the U.S. would walk away from efforts to broker a ceasefire between Russia ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Friday that the U.S. will walk away from efforts to broker a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine if progress isn't made within days.

Is President Trump threatening the independence of the Federal Reserve when he attacks Fed Chair Jerome Powell over interest rates? NPR asks Wharton School associate professor Peter Conti-Brown.

A court declined to lift a judge's order that the Trump administration facilitate the return of wrongfully deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Meanwhile, a Maryland senator met with him in El Salvador.

The week was dominated by news about the Maryland man illegally deported to El Salvador. But there was also concern over ...