Tufts University student Rümeysa Öztürk arrived at Logan Airport Saturday night, returning to Boston six weeks after immigration agents took her to a Louisiana detention center and the day after a ...

Todd Blanche, the Deputy Attorney General of the United States, has been appointed as the acting Librarian of Congress by President Trump, according to a spokesperson at the Department of Justice. The ...

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — A group of 59 white Afrikaners who have been given refugee status by the Trump administration arrived at Dulles airport outside Washington, D.C., on Monday on a charter ...

A footbridge that hikers use to cross the west branch of the Peabody River in the White Mountain National Forest is closed due to concerns about its structural integrity. For Appalachian Trail thru ...

Look up and you may spot a quirky-looking plane flying low in the sky. The plane is meant to be there, federal officials say. And it’s on a mission: to improve maps. Outfitted with an elongated “boom” ...

PARIS – French film legend Gérard Depardieu is set to receive a verdict on Tuesday in a closely watched sexual assault case. Two women say the 76-year-old actor groped them on the set of the 2022 film ...

MANILA, Philippines — Even though he is detained in The Hague, former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is among the candidates vying for some 18,000 national and local seats in Monday's midterm ...

TEL AVIV, Israel — Hamas has released U.S.-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander, according to a statement by Hamas and an Israeli official who spoke to NPR on condition of anonymity because the official was ...

On the skydeck of the Superwoof Dog Hotel in Cape Town, South Africa, the guests are having a blast. Some splash about in a shallow plunge pool, while others chase after balls thrown by the hotel ...

NPR received nearly 500 submissions from around the country and beyond from people who shared favorite memories of their mothers — whether she's still present for them to hug or lives on in their ...

ROME — Pope Leo XIV called for a ceasefire in Gaza and an end to the war in Ukraine on Sunday, in his first Sunday noon blessing as pontiff since his election. He spoke from the loggia of St. Peter's ...

ISLAMABAD — A ceasefire to end the conflict between India and Pakistan was shaken by overnight border fighting in the disputed Kashmir region. People on both sides of the Line of Control, which ...