Mark Robinson, the Republican candidate for governor in North Carolina, faces pressure to withdraw after reports that he made racist, homophobic and sexually explicit comments online.

Did Israel's alleged use of explosives in pagers in Lebanon break international law? NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Brian Finucane, senior adviser to the International Crisis Group.

Canadian and Italian dignitaries marked the successful recovery of a portrait of Winston Churchill known as "The Roaring Lion ...

The Los Angeles Dodgers star reached the 50-50 milestone in his 150th game. He was already the sixth player in MLB history ...

The national hospital company Steward Health Care is in bankruptcy after piling up billions of dollars in debt.

This year, some American Muslims say they feel politically homeless — not understood or welcomed by either Republicans or Democrats.

Despite a federal moratorium, there have already been thirteen state executions this year. And in the next week, five people are scheduled to die.

Hundreds of thousands of Sudanese refugees have fled to Chad, where they're facing increasingly difficult conditions as their presence strains local resources and humanitarian aid organizations.

New data samples from the Wuhan market points to an intermingling of SARS-CoV-2, raccoon dogs and humans. The authors of a new paper say it bolsters the animal origin theory. Other researchers object.

Former President Donald Trump has lots of support in rural Morgan County, Ga., where immigration is a major concern.

Vocalist, guitarist, and jazz icon George Benson joins Christian McBride for a conversation about his early years on the jazz ...

Where there are humans, there are rats. But new research says we still have a lot to learn about our furry, often reviled, companions.