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President-elect Biden has reportedly choosen his secretary of state. President Trump has still not conceded the election. Plus, the U.S. recorded a million new COVID-19 cases in just six days.

The U.S. won gold in the 2022 Winter Olympics team event after Russia was disqualified for doping. Team USA defended its title after a fierce three-day battle with Japan, winning by a single point.

When parents in the U.S. paid huge sums to secure places for their children in top schools, it was a scandal. In India, it's acceptable for parents to pay private universities for this purpose.

She grew up disconnected from her abusive father and his Armenian heritage. Years later, she reconnected to that heritage through her grandmother's kitchen and cooking lesson.

The most critical question in Afghanistan today is whether the Afghan military can keep the country safe from the Taliban. An NPR team went looking for the answer, and two of the group were killed.

The Supreme Court issued its decision Monday in Fisher v. the University of Texas, which challenged the constitutionality of the use of affirmative action in college admissions. The court sent the case back to the lower court to apply "strict scrutiny" to the University's admissions policy.

Some of the biggest proponents of conspiracy theories about vaccines and elections regularly tour the country together. Many of the speakers are closely tied to former President Donald Trump.

Canon-making is a core part of rap fandom, the subject of endless barbershop parleys and message-board battles. But something curdles when the companies that control the music business enter the chat.

On Jan. 3, the new Congress — the 119th — officially began its duties. Once Donald Trump is sworn in as president on Jan. 20, Republicans will have unified control of government. But particularly in the House, the margin will be close.

As the U.S. and North Korea try to make a way toward a June 12 summit, the two rival Koreas again met at their shared border. And, a top North Korean official leads a delegation to Washington Friday.

Jay Johnston expressed regret that he “made it more difficult for the police to do their job" on Jan. 6.

U.S. and European space agencies are preparing to launch a 10-year mission aimed at measuring how much the seas will rise by 2030.The agencies plan to…

Tuesday 9pm FRANKIE DRAKE MYSTERIES - Crime Drama - Set in 1920s Toronto, the all female Drake Private Detectives crack the cases the police don’t dare go…

When a California woman saw the ladybug she drew the obvious conclusion: It was time to buy several lotto tickets at a nearby store. She won $6 million.

There were 67.2 million viewers for the candidates' Oct. 3 faceoff and 65.6 for the debate on Oct. 16. One reason for the decline on Monday: Major League Baseball and the National Football League were also on the air Monday night.

WLRN-Miami Herald News has partnered with Miami Book Fair International for a project called #6wordsmiami. We're asking you to submit your stories about…

The Rosebud Motel appeared in every episode of the much beloved show, and is reportedly priced at about $1.6 million. In real life, it is named Hockley Motel and is in Mono, Ontario.

Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers have pushed back the barrier of how small we can see to a record, atom-scale 0.6 angstrom, over 100,000 times smaller than the thickness of a human hair. NPR's Michele Norris talks with physicist Stephen J. Pennycook about the microscopic breakthrough.

A three-judge panel upheld the former Trump adviser's conviction for criminal contempt of Congress. The case is related to Bannon's refusal to cooperate with a House panel probe of the Jan. 6 riot.

The organization is urging parents to vaccinate their children against COVID-19 if they are 6 months to 2 years old.