Search results for

A new state law in Colorado requires all jails to offer inmates an opportunity to vote in-person. Jails worried about safety and logistics, but so far counties say it's been going well.

In Mumbai, some celebrate New Year's Eve with an effigy of the old year. It's just one of many New Years celebrated in India.

In a reversal, former U.S. Solicitor General Ted Olson says holding Guantánamo prisoners indefinitely cannot continue and is urging President Biden to settle the 9/11 case.

Ukraine is suffering power outages and damaged heating systems as Russia attacks its energy systems. Many are preparing for winter by cutting down trees, raising concerns about the country's forests.

Discussion at this year's Munich Security Conference focused on European fears the U.S. will abandon its 75-year role as guarantor of Europe's security, following Donald Trump's criticism of NATO.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with antisemitism scholar Brendan McGeever about why we're seeing a rise in antisemitism in the U.K. and what the government can do about it.

Jonathan Pollard, a former U.S. intelligence analyst who served 30 years for spying for Israel, says he will run in upcoming Israeli elections.

Celebrated gospel and soul singer Cissy Houston, who belonged to an extraordinary family of musicians, has died at age 91. She was the mother of pop superstar Whitney Houston.

Aguda's novel, One Leg on Earth, follows a young woman in Nigeria facing an unintended pregnancy. The Things We Never Say, by Strout, centers on a high school teacher leading a secret life of sadness.

The annual Education Scorecard shows the nation's schools still rebounding from serious losses in math and reading, but it also found those declines began well before the pandemic.