In a sign of the potentially dire midterm political environment, Republicans have spent millions of dollars playing defense ...

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The 1,300 survivors of sexual abuse by clergy members and lay workers have all agreed to the settlement, according to an ...

While protests in France have claimed most international attention, large demonstrations also rocked many European cities Saturday from Milan to Rome to Madrid, Lisbon and Tirana.

Grand Theft Auto is one of the most popular video game franchises in history. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to superfan Bud Burruss who plans to take PTO to play the latest release.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Dr. Ann Falsey of the University of Rochester Medical School about flu shots for people aged 50 and older.

Brazilians go to the polls as President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and right-wing Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro, the son of jailed former president Jair Bolsonaro, face off in a presidential runoff.

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The U.S. is the world's leading supplier of sorghum. Sorghum growers are working to introduce it to American diets.

If you look at the few truly competitive seats, polls show a more complicated picture of momentum toward the Democratic Party in midterm House races. For the Senate, Republicans are on defense.

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks with Sam Woods and Joy Powers, hosts of WUWM's Swing State of the Union podcast, about the top issues for voters in the swing state of Wisconsin.

The longest running competitive film festival in North America isn't in Los Angeles or New York, it's in Chicago. The Chicago International Film Festival marks its 62nd year.