Lilly Ledbetter, a supervisor at a Goodyear tire plant in Alabama, discovered she was receiving less pay than men who worked ...

Both Republicans and Democrats are trying to marshal Native American voters in Arizona, which could prove decisive to winning ...

Europa Clipper will make a six-year journey to Jupiter to study Europa, an icy-surfaced moon that scientists believe has ...

When Michael McClain retired from lobbying in 2015, he told then-House Speaker Madigan he was “at the bridge with my musket ...

At the Sulzer Regional Library on a recent Wednesday night, an informational video and hands-on demonstration tried to ease ...

Over 4,500 square miles of ocean will be protected off the California coast. It will also be managed in partnership with the ...

Ckunsa, an indigenous language in Chile, was declared dead 70 years ago. But groups in northern Chile are successfuly ...

The award is shared by Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson of MIT and James Robinson of the University of Chicago for their ...

Asian Americans are the fastest growing-voting group in the country. That means parties are courting them in tight races in ...

China deployed ships and warplanes in large-scale military exercises surrounding Taiwan Monday, simulating the sealing off of ports in a move that underscores the tense situation in the Taiwan Strait.

Eden Alonso-Rivera of Grandville, Mich. is the high school winner of NPR's Student Podcast Challenge. Her winning entry, "A ...

Craig Breedlove became the first person to drive faster than 500 miles per hour. But his record-breaking run almost ended in ...