The list includes the first woman to serve as chief of staff. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to author and reporter Annie Karnie about how President-elect Donald Trump may engage women for prominent roles.

Trump’s return to the White House raises questions about whether the country will continue working on global climate ...

The Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Monday on whether a law that legislators adopted more than a decade before the Civil War bans abortion and can still be enforced.

A study of cells from 84 brains finds that Alzheimer’s has two distinct phases, and that one type of neuron is especially ...

An NPR investigation finds thousands of veterans were pushed into high-cost mortgages by a program that was meant to help ...

Dozens have been arrested in the Netherlands after a soccer match between a Dutch and Israeli team sparked anti-Semitic and anti-Arab violence.

The SS United States, a record-breaking American ocean liner from the 1950s, will take its final voyage from Philadelphia to the Gulf of Mexico this week.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks with actor Patrick Dempsey about his efforts to raise money for cancer treatment and prevention.

A person has tested positive in British Columbia, Canadian health officials said, though the results must be sent to another ...

It marks even more turmoil in an already rocky democratic transition process for Haiti, which hasn't held democratic ...

Jenkins, whose signature tune was "You'll Sing A Song," received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and was known worldwide ...

Bobby Allison, the Hall of Fame NASCAR driver who was one of the stock car racing's most iconic faces, has died. He was 86. During a nearly three-decade-long career, Allison won 85 races.