The Social Security Administration reassigned some field office employees in an effort to bring down lengthy phone wait times ...

It was 35 years ago this month that the Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law. Across the U.S., it's being ...

The earth doesn't rotate exactly on schedule. Scientists believe that today is going to be around a millisecond short of a ...

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks with Tracy Slater, author of "Together in Manzanar," which tells the true story of a family of ...

More than 5.2 million aboveground swimming pools sold across the U.S. and Canada over the last two decades are being recalled ...

A flight from Minneapolis to Minot {MYE-not}, North Dakota, had a near miss encounter Friday with a military aircraft. A pilot was forced to make an abrupt maneuver to avoid colliding with a B-52.

President Trump wants to bring shipbuilding back to the U.S., in large part to counter China's dominance. But turning that into reality will mean rebuilding an entire industry from the ground up.

In Maryland, more youth are tried as adults than in almost any other state. State Sen. William Smith is on a mission to change that.

Actor, director and musician Malcolm-Jamal Warner, best known for his role as the sweet teenager Theo Huxtable on "The Cosby Show," has died at age 54. NPR looks at the legacy he leaves behind.

Israeli ground troops push into central Gaza, Homeland Security plans to use military bases in New Jersey and Indiana to detain migrants, lawyers for Harvard and Trump square off in court.

In a clash of conservative titans, President Trump sued Rupert Murdoch after the '"Wall Street Journal" published a story about a bawdy birthday card Trump made for the late Jeffrey Epstein.

This summer's COVID-19 surge appears to have begun, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.