Johnson is the sixth Republican elevated to the speakership since 1994. The five who preceded him all saw their time in the ...

The heat bore down on Palestinians living in tents and aid groups working in the sun. UNRWA reported several heat injuries ...

A new regulation to protect the rights of pregnant workers is the subject of an anti-abortion lawsuit because it includes ...

Members of the Washington, D.C., school Arab students club say their rights were violated "because the school does not want ...

South Africans celebrate their "Freedom Day" every April 27, when they remember their country's pivotal first democratic ...

The state currently bans most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. That will drop to six weeks, with a few exceptions — a ...

The French Iranian author and artist, best known for her graphic novel Persepolis, edited and contributed to a new graphic ...

Tornadoes wreaked havoc Friday in the Midwest, causing a building to collapse with dozens of people inside and destroying and ...

Researchers have found that a warm, close bond with a sibling in early adult life is predictive of good emotional health ...

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken following his talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping and ...

More than 7,000 Daimler Truck workers, most of them in North Carolina, had threatened to go on strike. The UAW says the ...

With nearly 5,000 cases reported so far this year — and concerns about a new strain — the Democratic Republic of Congo is ...