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Sen. Cory Booker's record-breaking Senate speech wasn't technically a filibuster, but it still put the word in focus. Here's what to know about its history, from the swashbuckling to the stonewalling.

Angeline Murimirwa, whose parents couldn't afford school fees, is on Time magazine's "most influential" list — recognizing her work as CEO of Camfed, a charity giving girls a chance for an education.

The storms were part of a severe weather system Friday that caused damage in Missouri, left hundreds of thousands without power in the Great Lakes region and brought a heat wave to Texas.

NPR obtained emails that went out last week to leaders at health agencies offering to transfer them to postings in tribal communities. Officials close to Dr. Anthony Fauci got the offer.

On Jun 7, CNN is presenting a live telecast of George Clooney starring on Broadway as the pioneering CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow. TV critic David Bianculli calls it the TV event of the season.

Amid a wave of national security measures, immigrants from China must prove they've given up their household registration in China by June 30. Many are Chinese women married to men from Taiwan.

The Supreme Court is expected to decide on six remaining cases of its term today, including one on birthright citizenship. And, new details about the U.S. air strikes on Iran's nuclear program.

If you miss your mom and dad — or they miss their grandkids — how safe is a summer trip? Older people are more likely to get seriously ill from the coronavirus, so consider these tips to reduce risk.

Freemasons once counted founding fathers, former presidents and titans of industry among its members. But for many, the allure is gone from the once shadowy fraternity, and membership has fallen off.

With record cases and hospitalizations and newly rising deaths, experts wonder, will this surge ever slow down? Find out where the virus is hitting hardest and what is being done to stop it.

President Trump remains in office until early 2021 — and there will be political struggles aplenty for Washington and the outgoing chief executive before Inauguration Day.

GameStop has seen its stock soar, driven higher by a group of amateur day traders on Reddit, who are taking on Wall Street hedge funds. The frenzy has gotten the attention of regulators and lawmakers.

In texts released by House Democrats, a career diplomat worries that Washington is tying military aid and a White House visit for the president of Ukraine to an investigation of Joe and Hunter Biden.

We've invited Whitford to play a game named after a famous headline: "Headless Body In Topless Bar." Originally broadcast Dec. 23, 2017.

A fair number are Washington insiders, according to an organization chart of the team obtained by NPR. That's surprising for a candidate who pledges to "drain the swamp."

Dr. Jerad Gardner is a pioneer in using Twitter and Facebook so doctors around the world can talk about puzzling cases. The practice has its critics as well as its supporters.

More than 100 researchers spent five years poring over documents to come up with data about how much is spent — and on what.

David Eddings' beloved Belgariad (and several sequels), co-written with his wife Leigh, follows farm boy Garion and his magical destiny. It wrapped up 20 years ago; are its powers still intact?

Grande has transformed in the public eye, from a wunderkind with a mighty voice to a figure whose every move seems to redefine what pop stardom can look like. Here's how it happened.

The second part of NPR's series on maritime Britain begins on a small ferry en route to the storm-lashed island of Lundy. Pirates once awaited their prey on the three-mile-long island. Today, there are 28 permanent residents, all employed by a conservation group, though some 2,000 bell ringers have made the pilgrimage to the island's old Gothic church.