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Aviation regulators have ordered urgent inspections of the Airbus A320 family of jets. The order follows a JetBlue plane's experience of an uncontrolled "pitch down" event last month.

Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. ambassador to the U.N., traveled to Brazil recently to meet the country's new minister of racial equality.

Fort Lauderdale city commissioners met at the city's Women's Club downtown on Friday to dissect what initiatives worked last year, and where they should…

Air Force Gen. Timothy Haugh served just over a year as director of the NSA, the spy agency that collects cyber intelligence worldwide. He's the latest of several senior officers fired by Trump.

The creation of the automobile gave rise to a new kind of freedom and privacy, while also transforming Los Angeles into the sprawling, car-centric metropolis it is today.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Pamela White, who served as the U.S. ambassador to Haiti from 2012 to 2015, about why she thinks the call for outside help is necessary.

Frankel was The New York Times' executive editor from 1986 to 1994. He remained with the newspaper for nearly half a century, ushering it through different eras.

As director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, Susan Rice had broad sway on the administration's approach to health care, immigration and racial inequality.

John B. Chambers led the team at ratings agency S&p that decided to downgrade the country's AAA rating in 2011. It was a big decision, and it took a personal toll — but he has no regrets.

Most of us don't usually get to meet the people who pick our apples, oranges or other seasonal favorites. What are their lives and work like? Dan Charles has spent the past year finding out.

A look at how two key issues this election season — inflation and the fight over abortion — are informing voters' midterm votes.

The unprecedented strikes were in retaliation for an attack that killed top Iranian officers at Iran's embassy compound in Syria — an attack attributed to Israel. The U.S. is assessing developments.

Nominees for several key Cabinet posts in the new administration of President-elect Trump caught officials in Washington off guard and ignited a firestorm of criticism — not all of it from Democrats.

An updated death toll in what Somalis have described as their 9/11 has risen.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Douglas Ollivant, director for Iraq at the National Security Council during both the Bush and Obama administrations, about the Trump-ordered airstrike.

To those who closely follow the voter ID wars, Hans von Spakovsky is a household name, one of the nation's leading and controversial crusaders against voter fraud. So it was news that the Republican lawyer failed to get a second term on the electoral board of Virginia's largest county.

Jealousy. Power struggles. Political infighting. This week's shake-up of Putin's top commanders in charge of Russia's invasion in Ukraine have it all, according to some security experts.

In a dramatic playoff on Sunday, McIlroy defeated Justin Rose to win all four major titles in golf, joining the esteemed ranks of Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has called top military officials from around the world to a meeting in Virginia next week. The reason for this unusual gathering isn't known.

Six House Republicans joined Democrats to successfully block Trump's Canadian tariffs. And, roughly a million borrowers defaulted on their federal student loans last year.