The Valkyries leads the WNBA in attendance and Valks merch is everywhere. Will popularity mean better pay for the players?

Police in Idaho have identified the man who fatally shot two wildland firefighters and critically injured another in an apparent ambush after he intentionally started a brush fire.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Adrianna McIntyre, assistant professor of health policy and politics at Harvard, about how the GOP spending bill before the Senate would impact Medicaid.

Senate Republicans are closing in on a final vote on President Trump's signature domestic policy bill, hoping to have it to his desk by a self-imposed July 4 deadline.

A civil grand jury has indicted embattled San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus for willful or corrupt misconduct in ...

New fares take effect today for AC transit riders. For adults, fares will increase by a quarter for local rides. For youth ...

While recent research shows the night sky is getting brighter every year across North America, the Big Bend area in Texas has ...

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Michael Shaikh about his new book "The Last Sweet Bite," which explores the effects of violence on cuisines in conflict zones.

The latest batch of inductees to the Radio Hall of Fame are out, including NPR's very own Scott Simon. Before he hosted "Weekend Edition," he started with NPR in 1977 as Chicago bureau chief.

Out in the Big Bend area of West Texas, the nighttime skies are some of the darkest in the world, making it a perfect place for stargazing. Locals have worked to keep it that way.

A Trump administration investigation has found that Harvard University violated federal civil rights law by failing to protect Jewish students on campus.

About three-quarters of Americans say democracy is under serious threat, according to a new poll from NPR, PBS News and Marist. A similar number also see politically motivated violence as a major ...