The fireworks show will also go on, organizers said. Attendees gathered at the National Mall to mark America's 250th birthday ...

President Trump ushered in America's 250th anniversary with a darkly political speech that swerved from the typically ...

America is still a work in progress. Many American poets have written hymns and howls, declarations and outcries for this ...

Khamenei, who ruled Iran for more than three decades, was killed in an airstrike on Feb. 28 at the start of the U.S.-Israeli ...

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 ...

After a day of extreme heat and canceled events, President Trump closes out America's 250th birthday with a long speech and a fireworks display.

Detroit and Windsor, Canada have shared a fireworks tradition for generations. At the start of summer, thousands of people still gather on both sides of the border to celebrate together.

In his book 'The Midnight Special', author Colin Asher traces how prisons and the criminal justice system shaped American music, from Lead Belly and Johnny Cash to Tupac.

Ukraine says it can now hit military and energy targets deep inside Russia. Former ambassador Daniel Fried explains why he thinks Russia is starting to lose its strategic advantage.

On Independence Day, NPR's Don Gonyea returns to the city where he started his career to reflect on the auto industry, the Great Migration and the people who built Detroit.

Pope Leo XIV will spend July 4th in Lampedusa, Italy, one of Europe's busiest migrant landing points. He will pray with migrants and honor those who died trying to cross the Mediterranean to Europe.

Foreign dignitaries are gathering in Iran for a week of funeral ceremonies for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, more than four months ...