Two U.S. Navy pilots were shot down Sunday over the Red Sea by apparent "friendly fire", the most serious incident to ...

The siege, blamed on the Rapid Support Forces, has sparked a new humanitarian catastrophe and marks an alarming turning point in the Darfur region, already overrun by violence.

Paul Ninson had an old-school, newfangled dream: a modern library devoted to photobooks showing life on the continent. He ...

NPR's Scott Simon and ESPN's Michele Steele discuss a big weekend of college and professional football.

It was a true holiday gift this week to see an opinion piece in The New York Times by Pope Francis. In a short essay adapted ...

Some Amazon drivers held small protests this week to highlight conditions they say need to be improved and urged other drivers to join the teamsters union.

Hours away from a government shutdown, Congress passed a bill to fund federal operations until March 14, 2025.

About 300 Americans a year give a kidney to a complete stranger. Researchers have studied the brains of these very generous people, and say they may feel others' pain more than the average person.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., about the House GOP caucus and the Dec. 20 stopgap funding vote.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Jonathan Lane, of the consortium Revolution 250, about why the Battle of Bunker Hill won't be reenacted at Bunker Hill to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the U.S.

German officials say a 50-year-old Saudi doctor who moved to Germany in 2006 deliberately drove his car into a crowded outdoor Christmas market Friday.

For NPR's series "Picture This," illustrator Carson Ellis talks about working with author Susan Cooper to make Cooper's poem "Shortest Day" into a children's book. (This story first aired on Weekend ...