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The pop superstar announced her 'return' to streaming, but it's more complicated than that.

A pair of terrorist attacks Wednesday in Tehran left people dead and wounded at the Iranian parliament and at a shrine to the founder of the Islamic Republic. This kind of attack is rare in Iran, and comes as the country is locked in a proxy war against a Saudi Arabian led coalition in Yemen.

Did you pay a little extra for a sports star's name on your latest pair of sneakers? Well, a budding NBA player's dad is relentlessly promoting the chance to pay even more for potential star power.

President Trump meets with Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov in Washington, D.C., the day after he fired the head of the FBI.

His undeniable visibility has made Isbell consider how he represents the South in his music. On his new album, he expands his repertoire of character-driven songwriting with a turn toward politics.

Kílian Jornet says failure is an opportunity to try again; it motivates him to try harder. This is a lesson we can all take home, whatever mountains you choose to climb in life, says Marcelo Gleiser.

Paul Megget will become Charlotte School of Law's third dean in as many months. Meanwhile, the Mecklenburg County Commission has approved two budget…

Pumpjacks have been part of the American landscape for decades, and they remain essential in today's shale fields.

Big business and big labor clashed Tuesday over whether Congress should give President Obama fast-track authority to negotiate a major trade deal.

Larry Hall is the C.E.O. of the Survival Condo Project — bunkers built as luxury apartments. He talks with Lulu Garcia-Navarro about the structure, built in a converted missile silo.

Simon Tolkien's new novel was inspired by his grandfather J.R.R.'s time on the Somme — but in theme, tone and style, it owes more to Charles Dickens than to The Lord of the Rings.

As Donald Trump moves closer to the GOP nomination, there's been a lot of talk that he'll tone down his image. But that wasn't evident on Monday, the day before five Northeast states hold primaries.

Sylvain Neuvel's debut begins with a young girl who falls into a hole in the ground and is found soon after, sitting on a 20-foot-long mechanical hand. And that's just the (finger) tip of the iceberg.

Tensions are rising inside the E.U. over issues of migration and Russia. Renee Montagne talks to Lamberto Zannier, secretary general of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.

Unseen since shortly after it was made, this music video is a charming snapshot of the early-'80s London life of its creator, the punk and reggae musician, scholar and journalist Vivien Goldman.

We know the big news. Republican Donald Trump has been elected the 45th President of the United States of America. We also know that he will work with a…

Democrats lost the presidency Tuesday and were unable to gain control of the Senate or the House. They have some soul-searching to do as they think about the future.

Each year, the Chronicle of Philanthropy publishes a list of the biggest charities in the U.S. This year, there has been a change in the No. 1 spot that philanthropy watchers call "stunning."

Peter Zeidenberg spent 17 years at the Justice Department. He talks to Rachel Martin about FBI Director James Comey's decision to announce new evidence in the investigation of Clinton's email server.

On Wednesday, Donald Trump met with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto. Hours later, he gave a speech on immigration where he promised to build a border wall and empower a new deportation force. NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with Sean Sullivan, a reporter for The Washington Post, about Trump's stance on immigration.