If the bills win approval, they’d require gun buyers to have special permits, limit bulk sales of ammunition and firearms, ...

It was a week where the Trump White House tried to freeze all federal grants then walked the move back. It was a week where President Trump riffed at length on a deadly tragedy, offering freelance ...

The new administration's freeze on foreign aid (affecting America's sweeping anti-HIV initiative PEPFAR) has raised concerns about the dispersal of the pills taken daily by those who are HIV positive.

Four years ago today, a military junta in Myanmar seized power from the country's democratically elected government. They sent tanks into the streets and detained the country's president, as well as ...

In this excerpt from KCUR's podcast "Seeking A Scientist," host Kate the Chemist set out to understand the science behind everyday stress and some helpful ways to cope.

Marianne Faithfull died this week at the age of 78, after a full and often raucous life that ranged from the top of the rock ...

Siegel is the first American to be released as part of this deal. A total of 18 hostages have been released since the ...

In little more than a week, the Trump administration has fired people who prosecuted the president and reassigned other ...

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Patrick Patterson and Steve Scipio of the British funk band Cymande about their new album and about reconstituting the band after decades.

Adam Haslett's compelling novel focuses on the strained relationship between an asylum lawyer and his mother. It's a ...

Marco Rubio heads to Latin America on his first trip as secretary of state, including Panama, where President Trump wants control of the Panama Canal.

Marco Rubio heads to Latin America on his first trip as secretary of state, including Panama, where President Trump wants control of the canal.