President Biden nominated Merrick Garland to be attorney general only hours after rioters ransacked the U.S. Capitol three years ago. Now, that violent episode and the people responsible for it will ...

Smartmatic sued Newsmax for defamation over false claims related to the 2020 presidential election. The trial was supposed to ...

A Merced City School District trustee announced this week he is stepping down, and an associate superintendent is on paid ...

The founder of a notorious Chicago street gang is set to make his first appearance in court in more than 20 years. Larry Hoover hopes a new judge will undo a life sentence he received in 1998.

With Israel and Hezbollah locked in the fiercest fighting in decades, many Lebanese have taken refuge in schools, hotels and ...

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Ayman Safadi, Jordan's deputy prime minister and foreign affairs minister, about the risk of an ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with New York State Sen. John Liu about New York City Mayor Eric Adams being indicted on five federal charges Thursday.

The Food and Drug Administration, as expected, approved KarXT, the first new type of drug for schizophrenia in decades. It appears to be effective, but its main advantage is milder side effects.

Forecasters are using language rarely uttered when it comes to hurricanes like Helene. They're warning people of Florida's Big Bend region to prepare for an "unsurvivable" 20-foot storm surge.

The Latino vote could be decisive in this year’s election. The largely Puerto Rican population in Pennsylvania has deep ties to Democrats, making efforts to engage those communities key for the party.

A coalition is calling for the release of detainees and the closure of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention ...

Lewisburg federal prison, a facility located in central Pennsylvania where thousands of inmates often pass through on their ...