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Houston is reeling after thunderstorms with hurricane-force winds knocked out electricity to nearly 1 million homes and businesses and causing widespread damage. Four people were killed.

Greece's new prime minister gave his first speech to Parliament Sunday. His nation was eager to hear his plans to revive the country's ravaged economy while also ending unpopular austerity measures.

Hillary Clinton took on Donald Trump over the issue of guns at an event hosted by the Trayvon Martin Foundation in Florida on Saturday night. Now, Trump is defending his position.

More than 100 detainees remain locked up at the prison camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. President Obama wants Guantanamo closed, but no solution is yet in sight to close it.

President Biden talked about the sweeping changes he has seen during his long career, urged an end to wars in Ukraine, Gaza and Sudan, and said "some things are more important than staying in power."

Farmers are often "land rich, cash poor." Those who need nursing home care might have to sell or break up their farm to pay for it. This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.

Actor Terry Crews answers a Wild Card question about a time he experienced awe. He says as a Black kid growing up in struggling Flint, Mich., he never thought his life would be this good.

A scientist tried to stand up for the truth during a pandemic when political rhetoric and conspiracies were clouding everyone's world.

The last polls in Indiana have closed, and Donald Trump is projected to win the GOP primary. On the Democratic side, the race between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton is still too close to call.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks to Ann Barron-DiCamillo of Strategic Cyber Ventures about what the U.S. government has learned in the year since a security clearance database was hacked.

The number of people burdened by high housing costs has hit another record high. Both renters and homeowners are struggling as prices have spiked in recent years.

With mass layoffs across the tech and media industries, some employees are losing their jobs while they're on paid leave, making an unfortunate situation even more difficult.

CBS reported quarterly earnings after the market closed Thursday. CEO Les Moonves was on hand to answer questions. He faces allegations of sexual misconduct, which was revealed in a story published by The New Yorker.

Jim McKay makes movies about New Yorkers who don't often make it to the big screen. His newest, En el Séptimo Día, is about Mexican undocumented workers who gather on the pitch on their only day off.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with New York Times sports reporter Tariq Panja about the kickoff of the 2018 World Cup that began Thursday in Russia.

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh met with key red state Democrats on Wednesday. The lawmakers are up for re-election in November and under pressure to back his confirmation.

Foreign Ministers from the U.K., France and Germany, as well as the European Union's foreign policy chief, are meeting Iran's Foreign Minister in Brussels Tuesday to discuss ways to preserve the Iran nuclear deal despite threatened U.S. sanctions.

The New York Times and MSNBC are both facing criticisms they were less than transparent in handling recent complaints against high-profile employees.

Filmmaker Julian Marshall chronicled New York City's overwhelming response to the killing of George Floyd.

Dozens of people have died and scores of others are unaccounted for in the Texas Hill Country following massive flash flooding. As the search for victims continues, questions mount about weather warnings.