Sonny Rollins, the jazz legend known as the Saxophone Colossus died yesterday at his home in Woodstock, N.Y. He was 95 years old and one of the last of his generation of jazz titans.

Fishermen working off Ecuador say they were attacked by drones, taken onboard a U.S.-flagged vessel, cuffed and handed over to Salvadoran officials. They want to know who attacked them and why.

Some veterans from the last World Cup — like forward Christian Pulisic and midfielders Weston McKennie and Tyler Adams — are ...

New Jersey Sen. Andy Kim says he was pepper sprayed by federal agents at a Newark Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center on Monday.

The U.S. National Men's Soccer Team announced it's official 26-player roster for the World Cup. The tournament starts in June.

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Heather Kerr of the International Rescue Committee about the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the challenges facing the response efforts.

Iran is threatening to retaliate after the U.S. conducted strikes in the southern part of the country that the U.S. Central Command described as “self-defense.” The strikes come during negotiations ...

Russia is warning foreign diplomats and embassy staff to leave the Ukrainian capital ahead of possible new strikes.

The End of the Sahara is a kaleidoscopic murder mystery by the Algerian writer Saïd Khatibi. An Enigma by the Sea is a witty, socially astute novel set along well-to-do Tuscan coast.

A new report found about 145,000 children have been separated from their families during the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.

New companies are selling artificial intelligence assistance to mental health therapists. The AI tools can help with ...

NPR'S Steve Inskeep talks to Iran expert Karim Sadjadpour, senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, about the prospects for a deal to end the Iran war.