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Monday's emergency meeting follows the launch of Turkey's anti-terror operation in northern Syria. Turkish warplanes and troops attacked Kurdish fighters who have been armed and trained by the U.S.

Mike Pence held talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Palestinians refuse to meet with Pence to protest President Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital.

Updated Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018The Town Manager in Huntersville has resigned, after his arrest Sunday night on a misdemeanor assault charge.Huntersville…

The government shutdown was a symptom of a bigger problem: Congress seems incapable of passing a proper budget.

The Trump administration has made clear in recent weeks that it intends to maintain a U.S. presence in Syria even though the government of Syria doesn't want that. From Raqqa, a look at how people in the city are putting their lives back together and what the U.S. is doing.

Over the weekend, Turkish troops crossed the border into Syria, to attack the Kurdish city of Afrin. NPR's Kelly McEvers talks with Omer Taspinar of the Brookings Institution about what this latest development means for the ongoing Syrian civil war.

The hit film Get Out may be the first horror film to get a Best Picture Oscar nomination since The Silence of the Lambs. A TSA officer plays a prominent --and positive — role in the movie. After years of being mocked, real TSA agents are delighted.

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court found the state's congressional districts violate the Pennsylvania Constitution. The court demanded they be redrawn.

We've all experienced miscommunications. Their consequences can range from hilarious... to disastrous. The actor Alan Alda — yes, that Alan Alda — wants to help us avoid them.

Smartphones have become an extension of the owner; it is the closest we've ever become to being omnipresent and omniscient and — in a metaphorical sense, at least — divine, says Marcelo Gleiser.

Hip-hop's newly engaged couple release their first sounds from forthcoming baby, err, album, Everything's Fine.

The twice-a-month public forums held before Charlotte City Council business meetings will once again be broadcast live on the Government Channel. Council…

Seoul announced that beginning next week, all trading in cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin and Ether must be traceable. Authorities also say digital currency exchanges in South Korea will be taxed.

BENTON, Ky. (AP) — A 15-year-old student opened fire with a handgun inside his rural Kentucky high school Tuesday, killing two classmates, injuring 19…

The beverage company hopes to entice young people and former soda drinkers with four new fruity versions of Diet Coke. The decline in sales reflects a shift toward bottled water and flavored seltzer.

For more than a decade, agricultural attorney Jillian Hishaw has been working in the southeast to alleviate hunger, help financially distressed farmers…

We're talking about a bold new plan to help the tens of millions who don’t have enough saved.

NPR is interested in hearing from people who work side jobs on top of their full-time positions.

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva left Brazil's presidency at the end of 2010 with a more than 80 percent approval rating. Since then, he's been convicted of corruption. But that hasn't dimmed his ambition. He may again seek the presidency, but a court ruling will determine how challenging that path might be.

An investigation by MPR News has learned of a years-long pattern of behavior that left several women who worked for Garrison Keillor feeling mistreated, sexualized or belittled.