NPR member station reporters across the U.S. asked people how they are thinking about their country on its semiquincentennial ...

Iran began a dayslong funeral Saturday for the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, months after an airstrike killed ...

Superfans and sleuths appear to have their hunches confirmed on Friday, as dozens of black cars dropped off elegantly dressed ...

"I could not believe in the first instance that any human would suspend assistance, particularly life-saving assistance, ...

We mark the nation's birthday in the only way we know how.This episode: voting correspondent Miles Parks, senior political ...

As America turns 250 this year, the American flag has become more than just a symbol of the country. Some see it as a totem ...

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Cape Verde didn't win a match at the World Cup, and somehow, that didn't seem to matter. The African team's debut on this ...

The country's theocracy hopes to see millions flood the streets of the capital beginning Saturday in scenes reminiscent to ...

A new national poll reveals a striking paradox in public sentiment ahead of America's 250th anniversary: a disconnect between ...