Senate bucks Tuberville's blockade to begin approving military promotions
Senate Democrats began holding votes on military promotions after a months-long blockade by Alabama Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville.
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The Federal Reserve holds interest rates steady but hints at more action this year
The Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged Wednesday, despite stubborn inflation, although it left the door open to an additional rate hike in November or December.
There have been attempts to censor more than 1,900 library book titles so far in 2023
Most of the scrutinized books were written by or contained subject matter about people of color or members of the LGBTQ+ community, according to research by the American Library Association.
This rare Bob Ross painting could be yours — for close to $10 million
The late pop culture icon once said he painted over 30,000 works of art in his lifetime, but it's rare for an authenticated Ross piece to come on the market, let alone one with this much history.
A 96-year-old federal judge was barred from hearing cases in a fight over her fitness
The unusually public and bitter fight over whether a judge should continue to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has sparked a lawsuit and turned judges against one another.
A sculptor and a ceramicist who grapple with race win 2023 Heinz Awards for the Arts
Kevin Beasley and Roberto Lugo are this year's winners of the the Heinz Awards for the Arts, a prestigious prize that comes with a $250,000 cash award.
Philly's 'pastor of the hood' Carl Day weighs in on the 2024 election
Carl Day joined NPR to weigh in on the Biden campaign in 2020. We caught up with him to hear what he's thinking heading into 2024.
Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian separatists agree to halt fighting in disputed enclave
Separatist leaders in Nagorno-Karabakh said that after "a lack of concrete actions" by international parties, their forces had few options to ensure civilians' safety.
In Morocco's Atlas Mountains, survivors of the quake take stock of all they've lost
Survivors of the Sept. 8 earthquake return to devastated villages. "This was our paradise," says a 74-year-old woman. "Everyone in this village is like family to me, and our family is now shattered."
Maryland apologizes to man wrongly convicted of murder and agrees to pay him $340,000
Demetrius Smith will be compensated by the state of Maryland after spending years behind bars, including over a year after he had been proven innocent. He was released from prison in 2013.