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In 1994, Congress passed the most significant crime-fighting legislation in a generation. Now, policymakers are dialing back Clinton's tough-on-crime policies.

At the Olympics of Inuit sports, athletes from Greenland, Alaska, Canada and Russia face off in games like the finger pull and Alaskan high kick. But collaboration is more important than competition.

In her debut memoir Mary Anna King tells the story of her fractured upbringing and how — in the face of poverty — love and hard work were not sufficient to keep her family together.

If you're the kind of person who'd wear a hot dog costume to a princess party, you'll love Lisa Hanawalt's lushly illustrated, off-the-wall diary/food meditation/travelogue Hot Dog Taste Test.

Most employees at large companies should expect a 5 percent increase in their health insurance premiums in 2017 and few changes to the coverage and features.

To contain costs, some plans are capping how much they will pay for certain routine procedures, such as knee replacements. Patients can be on the hook for anything over the limit.

The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday people injured by drugs can file lawsuits against the manufacturers in state courts, even when the drugs involved had been approved by the Food and Drug Administration. The ruling came in the case of a guitarist who lost an arm because of a botched anti-nausea injection.

Employers added a whopping 339,000 jobs last month, a stunningly strong number. Here are some of the key takeaways of the country's red hot labor market.

In his new book, Scott Sherman describes how bottom-line business logic nearly gutted New York's preeminent public library. Maureen Corrigan calls it a "slim, smart book" full of colorful characters.

The U.S. Supreme Court denied a request to speed up Louisiana's congressional map redrawing after a lower court found the map likely violated the Voting Rights Act by diluting Black voters' power.

Vice President Harris gave her most extensive comments to date on the fighting in Gaza, emphatically calling on Israel to do more to protect civilians.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with community activist Taneeza Islam about workers at a Smithfield Foods meatpacking plant in Sioux Falls, S.D., where hundreds have tested positive for the coronavirus.

Pakistan is returning to an old and dreaded practice: the formation of secret military courts to try people accused of threatening the county's security.

The ruling could ease the legal troubles for the Samsung heir less than two years after he was pardoned of bribing a former president in a scandal that toppled a previous South Korean government.

Counties must spend about two-thirds of the money from a tax enacted for mental health services on housing and programs for homeless people with serious mental illnesses or substance abuse problems.

The bridge was built mere yards from where Francis Scott Key watched the British bombardment of Fort McHenry in 1814, inspiring him to write the song that would become the U.S. national anthem.

The president is preparing to back term limits and an enforceable ethics code for U.S. Supreme Court justices. But these changes would require Congressional backing, and that won't be easy to get.

A federal judge appointed by former President Trump has dismissed the classified documents case against him after finding the prosecutor was unconstitutionally appointed.

Most children returned to school in Newtown, Conn., on Monday as some families buried victims of the last week's shootings.

The International Organization for Migration on Sunday increased its estimate of the death toll from a massive landslide in Papua New Guinea to more than 670.