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House GOP Conference Chairwoman Liz Cheney said King should "find another line of work" as the House voted to rebuke the Iowa congressman.

Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley has resigned after pleading guilty to abusing his office, allegedly to conceal an affair with a top political adviser.

The BBC and BuzzFeed published an expose about match-fixing in tennis but did not name names of implicated players. Some people, including Roger Federer, have called for the release of names.

Spending on the Kentucky Senate race might reach $100 million. So what else could that get you in the Bluegrass State? NPR's Tamara Keith finds out when she calls up some local business owners.

Citing the inclusion of women at the world's top marathons, the petition's authors say, "After a century, it is about time women are allowed to race the Tour de France, too."

Many people check up on hospitals before they check in as patients. But there's a catch. A hospital that gets lauded by one group can be panned by another.

It became the first top international soccer league to resume after suspending play due to the coronavirus pandemic. But the decision to continue the tournament without fans remains controversial.

How do skyscrapers withstand 100-mph winds? How does air circulate inside tall buildings? And what happens when you flush a toilet on the 100th floor? Those questions and more are answered by Kate Ascher in her new book exploring the inner workings of skyscrapers.

Merriam-Webster issues its top-10 words every year. What are this year's words, and what do they say about society? NPR's Rachel Martin sits down with Editor-at-Large Peter Sokolowski to find out.

It isn't just privacy that is at risk in this new era of Big Data collection. Secrecy is a casualty too. It used to be classified documents were kept in a safe and seen by a select view. Now a top secret document can be accessed by hundreds, if not thousands, all with the click of a mouse. Because of that the modalities of spying have changed. Now analysts can take an infinite number of secrets with them by just putting them on a thumb drive, but it's a counter-intelligence nightmare.

Nominations for the 95th Academy Awards will be announced on Tuesday. A number of films are up for top awards.

Top Senate Democrats are pushing for new disclosures from a wealthy GOP donor with ties to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.

G7 leaders are meeting in Puglia, Italy, this week. At the top of their agenda: the tricky details of how to use frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine.

House Speaker Mike Johnson is working with House Republicans to advance a budget bill that would allow Republicans to pass many of Trump's top policy priorities without threat of a Senate filibuster.

The festival will bring together top national artists and some of South Florida’s best in blues, Americana, country and world music.

The FDA's top vaccine regulator says he was forced out by the Trump administration and criticizes HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s "misinformation and lies" about vaccines.

A new White House proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza that's been accepted by Israel is now facing pushback from Hamas, in a development a top U.S. diplomat is calling "unacceptable."

Federal forecasters say the El Nino climate pattern is on its way out, after a year where it helped break global heat records. So what does that mean for this coming year?

Actor Val Kilmer has died at 65. Kilmer played Jim Morrison, Batman, and dozens of other characters in movies that helped define the 1980s and 1990s.

Electronics and back-to-school supplies are expected to top many shoppers' lists.