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For the first week of Ramadan, Palestinians in Gaza marked the holy month with a respite from war. Then Israel broke a ceasefire with Hamas. The fighting and blockade mean there's little to celebrate.

At a Boston University lecture, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor encouraged students to maintain faith in the courts and resist political complacency.

The "Abolition Acre" self-guided walking tour was recently established by the nonprofit Beacon Hill Scholars to raise awareness about the city's anti-slavery movement.

A new government report shows inflation cooled a bit in November. But prices are still climbing and the Federal Reserve is preparing to raise interest rates again.

The streaming service plans to release Beasts Of No Nation, starring Idris Elba, in theaters and online at the same time. But at least four major movie theater chains won't be showing it.

Congressional inaction let the interest rate for some student loans double at the start of the month, even though lawmakers' preferred solutions don't seem that far apart. The Senate is planning to vote Wednesday on a proposal that would bring rates back down for one year.

Many Americans received an email from the Social Security Administration applauding the megabill's passage. Experts say it was misleading.

A small Tennessee town hopes to stop the construction of a facility that has a federal contract to refine depleted uranium into a metallic form the government needs to build nuclear weapons.

A small Tennessee town hopes to stop the construction of a facility that has a federal contract to refine depleted uranium into a metallic form the government needs to build nuclear weapons.

NPR's Leila Fadel asks Megan Hauptman, a lawyer representing Syrian temporary protected status holders, what's ahead after a Supreme Court ruling that removes government protections.