The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady Wednesday. Members of the central bank's rate-setting committee also ...

Trustees of the Social Security trust fund predict the fund will be exhausted in eight years. Unless Congress acts, Social ...

The two Koreas have engaged in psychological warfare since the 1960s, with weapons like huge billboard screens, loudspeakers ...

Saturday around 4 p.m., troopers from the Soo Post stopped a vehicle with defective equipment on Johnston Street near ...

Officials from the EPA joined EGLE and other state officials at the opening of a resort on a former Superfund site in ...

The Trump administration's feud with Harvard has axed research grants. A woman with a rare genetic disorder that causes blindness says crucial research may not be ready in time to save her eyesight.

AIDS orphans and vulnerable children are without support since the U.S. cut foreign assistance. A pastor has been frantically trying to find meds for an HIV-positive orphan who can no longer get them.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with journalist Steve Coll about the parallels between Iraq and Iran when it comes to discussions of a potential war due to an adversarial country's weapons program.

Omaha just elected its first Black mayor, giving this year's Juneteenth celebrations new energy. The city wants to mark the occasion by being a model for unity during a time of divisiveness.

Some iranians welcomed Israeli attacks on their leaders, but now fear for their own safety. Thousands are scrambling to get out of Tehran as the air war intensifies ...

On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld laws in roughly half the states that ban transgender medical care for minors. The vote was 6-to-3, along ideological lines.

There's renewed interest in using nuclear energy to supply electricity after years of stagnation. Now, Michigan wants to restart a shut down plant. Analysts say in most cases, that won't be possible.