A man recalls the despair he felt when, as a college student, he tried to break into a building on campus and ended up in a detention cell. That's when he heard a voice that helped him find hope.

The Trump administration asserts a nearly 50-year-old law requiring the preservation of federal government records is unconstitutional. Historians warn important papers could be destroyed.

Buddhists and Hindus in Sri Lanka and Hindus marked their New Year on Tuesday. As residents in the capital Colombo celebrated, a war thousands of miles away was making itself felt.

The NBA Playoffs begin Saturday, with the league's two best teams on the same side of the bracket. Meanwhile, for the ...

Insurance for cargo and oil vessels stuck in the Strait of Hormuz has skyrocketed. How can insurers help us understand the realities of the war with Iran?

Iran said the Strait of Hormuz is now open to all commercial traffic. We examine the possible global economic repercussions should oil and gas shipments start flowing again in significant numbers.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Michaela Coel and Anne Hathaway about their new movie, Mother Mary, and whether they've ever had any supernatural encounters in real life.

The world's oldest chicken, according to Guinness World Records, lives in Portland, Maine. Gertie is 15 years old, blind, and according to her caretaker Frank Turek, she loves jazz.

Thousands of displaced people are flooding back into southern Lebanon after a 10-day ceasefire between the Iran-backed militia Hezbollah and Israel began at midnight on Friday.

Gasoline costs should start to fall soon, although a full recovery to pre-war prices is expected to take months. That's ...

As the team captain of the Harvard squash team, Will Ahmed found himself constantly overtraining. So, he decided to come up ...

U.S. mail service to the Middle East has been suspended indefinitely, amid reports of food shortages on U.S. warships in the ...