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The private spaceflight company launched its Falcon 9 rocket on Sunday, only to have the rocket's cargo capsule encounter an error in its navigation system on Wednesday during a docking attempt.

Gov. Robert Bentley was accused of abusing his office to try to conceal an affair with a staffer. He was facing impeachment proceedings and has pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors.

Germany is reeling under a heatwave. Temperatures are expected to rise to the high 90s — a bigger deal when a country has little to no air conditioning.

The answer dates back to the 19th century and involves buggies, the Sabbath and farming.

Facebook's "cross-check" program applies to millions of accounts, but the board says the company is not being transparent about how it applies its rules to those prominent users.

The attacks shut down a meat processing plant and an internet software provider earlier this year.

Federal bankruptcy Judge Craig Whitley in North Carolina halted roughly 38,000 lawsuits against J&J but only for 60 days. He also shifted the case back to New Jersey where J&J is headquartered.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Kathleen Kim, the puppeteer behind Ji-Young, the show's newest Muppet. Kim, born to Korean immigrants, says she grew up watching the show herself.

A major winter storm brought more than a foot of snow to parts of Maryland, Virginia, New Jersey and Delaware, with heavy accumulations also seen in North Carolina, Tennessee, West Virginia and D.C.

The lawsuit says the redistricting disadvantages Black and Latino voters and does not reflect the outsize effect minorities played in the state's recent population growth.

In a scheduled video call Tuesday with the Russian president, Biden will outline economic sanctions and stepped-up support for NATO allies if Russia invades, a senior administration official says.

The midterm primaries for North Carolina's U.S. Senate seat, 14 U.S. House seats and 170 legislative seats have been moved from March until May by the state Supreme Court due to voting map lawsuits.

With some holiday spirit and over 100 volunteers, the White House has been decorated in the theme of "gifts from the heart." The theme honors front-line workers, first responders and the military.

The newly identified strain of the coronavirus, which could be more transmissible than the previously dominant delta variant, has global health officials worried about a possible new surge in cases.

Researchers have determined that "the blip" couldn't have happened because you can't snap with a glove on. They also found that snapping is one of the fastest motions the human body can create.

Chicago was shaken by the shooting death of 8-year-old Melissa Ortega last Saturday. Nationally, the number of children shot has jumped during the pandemic.

The grandmother often sang John Denver's "Sunshine On My Shoulders" because it reminded her of life's tiny pleasures.

Born in Cuba in the late 1800s, danzón had couples gliding in a kind of formal square dance a century later.

SXSW is usually a great place to discover new artists. When this year's festival was canceled, we asked unsigned artists who were planning to go to enter the Tiny Desk Contest. Here are their entries.

A GOP political operative is being charged with paying a sham candidate to run for Florida State Senate and unseating the incumbent Democrat. Democrats are calling for a new election.