The U.S. went through a prison-building boom decades ago. But today, many prisons are closing down, and that's hit some economies in rural America especially hard.

Thousands of flights are still affected by last week's communications outage at Newark Airport. NPR speaks with Paul Rinaldi, a senior vice president with the Airlines for America trade group.

The superpowers have been locked in a geopolitical blinking contest, waiting for the other side to reach out. The talks in ...

The U.S. Supreme Court says the Trump administration can start carrying out its ban on transgender military service members, at least for now.

WeightWatchers said Tuesday it is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection to eliminate $1.15 billion in debt and focus on ...

Hundreds of flight delays and cancellations at Newark's airport over the past several days are giving passengers headaches ...

Four women are accusing R&B legend Smokey Robinson of sexual battery, rape and other offenses in a complaint for damages ...

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp says he is passing on running for the U..S Senate in next year's midterm elections, a blow to Republicans who spent months courting him to challenge Democratic incumbent.

Six months after the election, a federal judge has ordered that a contest for the North Carolina should finally be over, in a case that targeted thousands of votes on technical grounds.

For the first time since his confirmation, Secretary of VA Doug Collins appeared before the Senate VA committee, after three months of controversial VA policy announcements.

Between tariffs roiling the global economy and OPEC putting more barrels on the market, prices have dropped significantly ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with scientist Alejandra Ramos, who just led a study about axolotls born in captivity who were released into the wild and survived.