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COMMENTARY:For years, Martin Luther King Jr. and poet Langston Hughes maintained a friendship, exchanging letters and favors and even traveling to Nigeria…

The usual bond for misdemeanor trespassing on school grounds is $25, but a judge ordered a considerably higher sum for Zachary Cruz. Prosecutors say "he has all the same flags present as his brother."

The Northeast dealt with canceled flights and power outages Thursday after heavy snowfall. Rain fell hard in Southern California and residents remained alert to the risk of mud and debris flow.

The airstrike in northwest Syria comes after a rebel rocket reached a Damascus neighborhood earlier this week, killing 35 people.

Video visits with inmates and participation in a federal immigration enforcement program were two of the flashpoint issues at the Mecklenburg County…

The policeman who responded to the scene of the nerve agent attack on a former spy was released Thursday, as another officer exposed to the deadly chemical was being treated for minor symptoms.

A Romanian man had lived in Turkey for many years, cutting off communication with his wife. She had him declared dead. A court refused to overturn the death certificate, despite him being there.

The Dow lost a total of more than 1,100 points in the past two days amid rising trade tensions between the U.S. and China. Japan's Nikkei dived 4.5 percent, and indexes also fell in Europe.

Tens of thousands of people nationwide are expected to demonstrate Saturday as part of March for Our Lives, the latest in a string of student-led…

The Internet has a great way of merging pieces of pop culture that may seem disparate — to wit, one Kanye West fan is using scenes from the hit NBC comedy to review the Chicago rapper's discography.

Sexual harassment has long been swept under the carpet in Russia. But by going on the record with her allegations against a powerful politician, a young journalist has raised awareness of the problem.

The president signed a spending bill Friday that, among other things, safeguards workers' tips. It blocks an earlier Trump administration move that may have allowed restaurant owners to pocket them.

The actor and TV/podcast host answers three questions about the MTV reality show in the North of England modeled after Jersey Shore.

A woman got a message from a stranger who found her wallet — almost 50 years after it was stolen. A construction worker renovating the store where the wallet went missing got in touch via Messenger.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Betsy Hoover, the online organizing director for Barack Obama's 2012 presidential campaign. Conservatives have drawn parallels between the work of Cambridge Analytica to the data operation of the Obama campaign.

Facebook is heavily used in Pakistan among the middle class. WhatsApp and Twitter are popular too. But Facebook has played a key role in Pakistan in gathering people for political and cultural movements of all stripes.

It's the 15th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro looks back and forward with Azmat Khan, Future of War Fellow at New America.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Christine Mangan about her debut novel, "Tangerine." The plot centers around a vulnerable heiress, her ne'er-do-well husband and an old friend with many secrets.

After revelations that political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica allegedly appropriated Facebook user data to advise Donald Trump’s 2016 U.S.…

Laetitia Ky has a lot on her mind — and it comes out in her hair. She's making a name for herself (and her coiffures) on Instagram.