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Since mid-April, heat waves have been baking in India, the world's most populous nation. The vulnerable are struggling to cope.

Black history happens every day, and the stories from NPR listeners are good examples of that. From becoming the first Black mayor of a town to singing music about change, these stories matter.

Gen Z protesters from Indonesia and Nepal to Madagascar and Morocco, are rallying behind an unexpected banner: a grinning skull in a straw hat.

A lawful permanent resident who has lived in the U.S. for 50 years was detained because of a decades-old conviction amid tougher immigration enforcement at airports and border crossings.

Nsé Ufot, CEO of the New Georgia Project, speaks with NPR's Ailsa Chang about her view of Democrats' voting rights efforts ahead of the president and vice president's visit to Georgia this week.

In a landmark ruling, Judge Thad Balkman ruled in favor of Oklahoma in its lawsuit to hold the drugmaker accountable for the costs of opioid addiction in the state.

The Pentagon admits a major concern over reprisals against troops who report sexual assault. A Human Rights Watch report says the Pentagon isn't doing enough to repair harm done by this retaliation.

After 41 days of a government shutdown, the U.S. Senate passed a set of bills to reopen the government. The House comes back to vote as early as Wednesday afternoon.

Nearly 90% of likely Donald Trump voters say they are concerned about voter fraud in the general election, a new NPR/PBS News/Maris poll finds, compared with 29% of those who support Kamala Harris.

A shrewd political strategist, California Rep. Nancy Pelosi has had an unprecedented career in Congress. First elected in 1987, Pelosi became one of the most effective leaders of the Democratic Party.