The attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki killed more than 100,000 Japanese civilians, poisoned a generation of survivors and ushered in a precarious era of nuclear war.

Home and rent prices are sky high in part because of a massive housing shortage. Utah is among a growing number of states trying to force cities to build more affordable places. NPR’s Jennifer Ludden ...

The Trump administration has given an ultimatum to immigrants without legal status: leave now voluntarily, or you’ll be detained and deported.

Required by Congress, the reports no longer single out things like rigged elections or sexual violence against children as human rights violations.

The National Hurricane Center expects the storm to strengthen over the next several days and says it could become a hurricane ...

After cryptic Instagram posts and a surprise countdown clock, Swift announced early Tuesday that her new album will be called ...

With the passage of the big Republican tax and spending bil l, the federal government is poised to reduce support for ...

Washington, D.C., residents express concerns over what Trump's crime crackdown could mean for them. And, Ford plans to invest ...

Rates of the world's deadliest cancer appear to be low in sub-Saharan Africa. But that statistic is masking the scope of the ...

Police responded to reports of gunfire on Prune Street, where they discovered two female victims. Nineteen-year-old Emma ...

NPR's Michel Martin talks with Brian Schwalb, attorney general of Washington, D.C., about President Trump's move to put law enforcement in the capital under federal control.

Russia lost a war in Crimea in the 1850s. To pay off war debts, Russia sold Alaska to the U.S. Now presidents Trump and Putin ...