Unlike humans, plants and fungi can't sign contracts. Without courts to enforce binding agreements, a primary way to ensure ...

People were forced to leave their pets behind during Hurricane Katrina, creating an unprecedented animal welfare crisis that ...

Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson set today into motion in September of last year. That’s when he announced he would retire after three terms in charge of government in Alabama’s “Port City.” That was the ...

U.S. Judge Royce Lamberth ordered Trump administration official Kari Lake to be deposed about her plans for Voice of America, ...

Inside the federal courthouse in Washington, D.C., on Monday, tensions over the potential for federal overreach broke into ...

Pro athletes are increasingly speaking out about mental health challenges. In baseball, the San Francisco Giants have emerged as a leader in setting up mental health resources for their players.

The Trump administration has called to stiffen penalties for minors accused of crimes in D.C. Does that lower youth crime? NPR's Michel Martin speaks with juvenile justice expert Vincent Schiraldi.

NPR asks Rohit Chopra {ROH-hit CHOH-prah}, formerly of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Federal Trade Commission, about Trump's efforts to reshape institutions like the Federal Reserve.

Former Mexican cartel kingpin Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada will spend the rest of his life in prison after pleading guilty Monday ...

President Trump says he's firing Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook, after a Trump ally accused Cook of making false ...

President Trump lashed out on social media late Sunday against ABC and NBC, putting the nation's top broadcast regulator once ...

Israeli forces killed 22 people, including five journalists, in two strikes on Gaza's Nasser Hospital, drawing global ...