The Department of Homeland Security plans to use military bases in New Jersey and Indiana to detain immigrants amid its broader crackdown.

A flight from Minneapolis to Minot {MYE-not}, North Dakota, had a near miss encounter Friday with a military aircraft. A pilot was forced to make an abrupt maneuver to avoid colliding with a B-52.

The National Archives has published thousands of newly digitized documents relating to the 1968 assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as part of a directive by President Trump.

The Social Security Administration reassigned some field office employees in an effort to bring down lengthy phone wait times ...

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks with Tracy Slater, author of "Together in Manzanar," which tells the true story of a family of ...

The earth doesn't rotate exactly on schedule. Scientists believe that today is going to be around a millisecond short of a ...

We remember Kenneth Colley, the British character actor who died late last month. Colley was best known as Admiral Piett in the Star Wars movies.

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has published the latest in a series of reports that scrutinize years-old ...

For decades, scientists have been trying to create artificial blood to alleviate shortages and prevent people from bleeding to death. But those efforts have been repeatedly frustrated by failure.

As the Trump administration considers overhauling the nation’s disaster relief agency, a Pew Research Center poll shows most ...

A school in New Jersey - Jazz House - is becoming a major training ground for young people interested in jazz performance. This story is excerpted from a longer profile on NPR Music's Jazz Night in ...

Some of those injured in Gaza while seeking food at distribution sites are sent to Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis. NPR speaks with Dr. Nick Maynard, a British surgeon volunteering there.