How the magic of martial arts is changing life for some girls and women in a Beirut refugee camp. Jane Arraf covers Egypt, Iraq, and other parts of the Middle East for NPR News.

On this week's Cineplexity, we explore what movies about immigrants teach us about life in America. What movies get the story right? What ones get them wrong? And what stories are still left untold?

As aid groups warn that the Ebola outbreak in Central Africa is worsening, Nicholas Enrich, the former acting assistant administrator for global health at US AID, warns the US work to stop this ...

He graduated from UCLA with a B.A. in Political Science. Before coming to NPR, Levitt worked in the solar energy industry and ...

Israel has captured the 12th-century Beaufort castle that overlooks southern Lebanon and northern Israel. The move suggests ...

Congress returns to town with the same problems they left before Memorial Day: immigration funding, opposition to a new Justice Department fund, and questions about Iran war oversight.

An entomologist researched the worms used in mescal to better understand the relationship between the creatures and specific agave plants - and the danger if harvesting increases.

The San Antonio Spurs celebrated after beating the odds and defeating the defending champions Oklahoma City Thunder, to ...

Iowa is no stranger to political attention in presidential elections, but surprisingly competitive midterm contests highlight the state's importance for both parties as it holds its primary Tuesday.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks former federal prosecutor Ankush Khardori about investigations and prosecutions originating from U.S. Attorneys offices around the country.

Ayesha talks to authors Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray about the prosecutor and the madam who join forces against the mob in their new historical novel "A Pair of Aces".

Reality shows are an escape with characters who can be larger than life. But some stars use the experience of fame as a stepping stone toward another challenge: running for political office.