Flight data shows the jet dropped at least 9,000 feet over two minutes, then leveled off for several more minutes, before disappearing.

Universities have responsibilities when students report sexual assault, even if prosecutors don't bring charges. Attorney Baine Kerr explains how those protections work.

Women are posting videos hashtagged #IAmJaneDoe to support the woman suing Cornell. Students across the country say her case raises concerns about safety on campus.

Twenty-three years after President George W. Bush's campaign of "shock and awe," the U.S. military has completed its withdrawal from Iraq.

The Supreme Court term opens on Monday with big test cases on religion, guns and climate change. Plus, the emergency docket ...

Other former foster youth spoke of adults who made a difference: The staffer at the residential center who listened, or a ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to fellow host, Scott Detrow, and NPR editor, Daniel Burke about their new book, "American Pope: Leo XIV's Road from the South Side of Chicago to Vatican City." ...

We look at how some concerning economic indicators as well as the ongoing war in Iran might affect the midterm elections.

The U.S. economy added fewer jobs than expected last month and unemployment ticked up to 4.2%. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Betsey Stevenson, an economist at the University of Michigan.

Scandals could be shaping several races in the midterm elections, particularly in places where even small margins can change the outcome.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul vowed to address a loophole in state law that makes it difficult to prosecute cases when a sexual assault victim willingly consumes drugs or alcohol.

A Coconino County judge sentenced 20-year-old Carter Eslick to 60 days in jail and three years of supervised probation for ...