The Justice Department said Wednesday that it may need a "few more weeks" to release its records on the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein after discovering more than a million potentially relevant ...

Wednesday's Christmas Eve drawing ended the lottery game's three-month stretch without a top-prize winner. Final ticket sales pushed the jackpot higher, making it the second-largest in U.S. history.

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world.

AN NPR survey finds that people with disability still find hotels unaccommodating, even 35 years after passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

On Christmas Day, Block Love Charlotte will host a brunch for families and individuals staying at the City Inn and Motel 6 along Nations Ford Road, as well as anyone else who is lonely or homeless.

In line with national crime trends, violent crime also dropped in Philadelphia in 2025. NPR's Leila Fadel asks Kevin Bethel, the city's police commissioner, about the decline.

At the Plum Island Museum of Lost Toys and Curiosities, one-time treasures bring back memories and are a reminder of the eternal life of plastic waste.

Queens University of Charlotte is entering a year of major transition as federal funding cuts, enrollment struggles and the looming merger with Elon University converge to reshape the future of the ...

Democratic Congresswoman Joyce Beatty of Ohio filed a lawsuit challenging the renaming of the memorial to President John Kennedy to the Trump-Kennedy Center, calling the action "unlawful." ...

Today, people consider "Yule" synonymous with "Christmas." But centuries ago, Yule meant something different — a pagan mid-winter festival, dating back to pre-Christian Germanic people.

The United States and Ukraine have reached a consensus on several critical issues, but sensitive issues around territorial control in Ukraine's eastern industrial heartland remain unresolved.

DHS's handling of the incident raises questions about the department's oversight mechanisms to investigate employee misconduct.