On May 4, 1970, the Ohio National Guard fired on Kent State students, killing four and wounding nine. A former student who ...

Police said they arrested three Indian nationals in the slaying of Hardeep Singh Nijjar last June that became the center of a ...

Photojournalists at NPR member stations documented protests at college and university campuses nationwide this week.

Cindy McCain, the American director of the U.N. World Food Program, became the most prominent official so far to declare that ...

It's a popular rest stop for sea lions, but the docks at the tourist hot spot these days are unusually packed out with the ...

When marijuana becomes a Schedule III instead of a Schedule I substance under federal rules, researchers will face fewer barriers to studying it. But there will still be some roadblocks for science.

It is "the first known case of active wound treatment in a wild animal with a medical plant," biologist Isabelle Laumer told NPR. She says the orangutan, called Rakus, is now thriving.

From sparking the imagination to helping with mental health, listen to poems read by NPR readers and see how poetry has ...

Katie Ledecky is used to getting medals. She has 10 Olympic medals — seven of which are gold — and she has 26 world ...

Hicks was a communications director for the Trump White House and prosecutors questioned her on her knowledge of the deals made during his first presidential run.

Hicks was a communications director for the Trump White House and prosecutors questioned her on her knowledge of the deals made during his first presidential run.

Hope Hicks was a communications director for the Trump White House and prosecutors may question her on her knowledge of the deals made during his first presidential run.