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It was a life-and-death journey out of Aleppo. Nedal Said could never have imagined how it would end.

An attorney for the family of Iaroslav Mosiiuk says police footage backs up the assertion that officers mishandled the situation leading to the shooting…

Major League Soccer executives will be in Charlotte and Raleigh next week to review competing bids for new franchises and gauge community support for the…

For years, it seemed that origin stories were central to keeping superheroes movies grounded. Homecoming proved this suspicion wrong. It found a better way — and a different key ingredient.

Forty years ago, President Jimmy Carter awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

NPR's Kelly McEvers talks with terrorism expert Bruce Hoffman about what to expect for the future of ISIS now that the city of Mosul, Iraq, has been liberated from the terrorist group.

The 6-year-old children's book character struck a chord when she debuted in the 1950s. Now a new exhibition shines a light on how Eloise came to be.

The new bill will be released Thursday and could come to the floor next week. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has also delayed the Senate's August recess by two weeks.

The jazz-vocal superhero moved to Michigan when she was only 3, but the city of her birth left an indelible impression. Hear it in the first single from her forthcoming album, Memphis.

Also: President Trump leaves for France to celebrate Bastille Day; Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen testifies before a House panel today; and the American League wins the All-Star Game.

Christopher Wray, President Trump’s nominee for FBI Director, faces the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday for his confirmation hearing. Wray would…

The community "doesn't really exist anymore as it did," one former resident of East Austin said. Even the local pastor, who served for 30 years, says he's been pushed out by rising home prices.

At Dartmouth College recently, avant-garde classical composer Molly Herron unveiled a new piece played entirely on homemade instruments.

President Trump will arrive in Paris on Thursday for talks with President Emmanuel Macron, and he will be guest of honor at France's Bastille Day celebrations on Friday.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with NPR Music's Andrew Flanagan about Wiz Khalifa's "See You Again" setting the new record for YouTube views.

Henry David Thoreau, author of Walden and Civil Disobedience, was born 200 years ago in 1817. Biographer Kevin Dann says the philosopher's ideas about individual sovereignty remain relevant today.

Donald Trump is in France and will have talks with French President Emmanuel Macron. Political correspondent Thierry Arnaud of BFMTV talks with Steve Inskeep about what the two leaders will discuss.

Also: The Justice Department won't release Jeff Sessions' list of contacts with Russian officials; images of Jupiter's Great Red Spot; and an elephant is rescued in the ocean miles off Sri Lanka.

When we asked readers to name their favorite comics, many classic, hugely influential newspaper strips got nudged out of the running. We thought we'd give them a shout-out.

Questions about Jane Sanders' time at Burlington College are putting Sen. Bernie Sanders on the defensive at a time when some of his supporters are predicting a 2020 presidential run.