A life jacket worn by a passenger on the RMS Titanic has sold at auction for 670,000 pounds, which is more than $900,000.

A gunman has killed six people and injured at least 14 in a mass shooting in Ukraine's capital before he was shot and killed ...

Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in Minnesota is filled with more than a thousand lakes and rivers. But a recent vote in congress to allow mining nearby could threaten the preserve's waterways.

An 82-year-old Virginia senator raising the stakes, an Indiana consensus builder and a Texas enforcer are among state ...

The judge overseeing divorce proceedings involving former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin is declining to step away from the case.

Artists and organizers NPR spoke with say they don't expect to see any immediate changes in the live music industry following ...

NPR's Scott Simon talks with topiary artist Michael Gibson about South Carolina's Pearl Fryar, a notable self-trained topiary artist who died earlier this month.

Jay found himself sitting in a jail cell, alone and hopeless, after attempting to break into a building on his college campus ...

A ceasefire in the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon is fragile while the one between the U.S. and Iran is more stable.

We remember Kevin Klose, former NPR president, who helped secure financial stability for the network while supporting and ...

U.S. Judge Trevor Nunley ruled that consumers could suffer irreparable harm if Nexstar integrated Tegna's stations into its ...

The Trump administration asserts a nearly 50-year-old law requiring the preservation of federal government records is unconstitutional. Historians warn important papers could be destroyed.