As war in the Middle East escalates, communities across the U.S. ponder how to mark Persian New Year's Day, or Nowruz.

The vote by the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, whose members are supporters of the Republican president, clears the way for the U.S. Mint to begin production on the coin, whose size and denomination ...

NPR has learned that mediators have quietly given Hamas a proposal to hand over all its weapons to ensure Gaza's ...

Two leading democracy watchdog organizations are releasing studies this week that evaluate the state of American democracy after President Trump's first year.

Officials with the Greenville Police Department said 68-year-old Benjamin Wagner was taken into custody Tuesday at his place of employment at the Pitt-Greenville Airport, without incident.

The Department of Defense Inspector General blames four canine deaths on outdated and unsanitary military kennels at ten bases.

Duke Energy is asking state regulators for permission to develop new fossil fuel resources to meet growing electricity demand ...

People arrested while protesting ICE say federal agents took samples of their DNA. It's legal, but experts say the practice raises questions about what the government is doing with that genetic data.

A Virginia after-school cursive club went viral. More than two dozen states require cursive in their curriculums. Is it an ...

Salganea taiwanensis, a kind of wood-feeding cockroach, may engage in what's known as pair bonding, a new study finds.

GOP Sen. Markwayne Mullin's confirmation hearing to lead DHS kicked off with criticism of his conduct by GOP Sen. Rand Paul ...

As Operation Epic Fury enters its third week, relentless attacks by cheap Iranian drones are being fended off by ...