NPR Staff
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Trumka, the leader of the AFL-CIO and a close ally of Democratic Party officials, has died. He was 72.
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Researchers who study evidence of fires through the millennia say to expect more and bigger fires as the climate continues to warm. Fire season is already months longer than in the 1970s.
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Thomas Barrack, who chaired the former president's inauguration committee, has been arrested on federal charges that he acted as an agent of a foreign government.
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Cuba has seen recent demonstrations due to food shortages and high prices amid the pandemic.
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Britney Spears asks a judge to end her conservatorship, saying she is being exploited, bullied and feeling "left out and alone." Read a transcript of the singer's remarks at Wednesday's hearing.
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The Israeli prime minister leaves office with a legacy that includes economic prosperity, a growing partisan divide in the U.S. over support for Israel and the unresolved conflict with Palestinians.
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Here is a look at some key events in the conflict over the past decade and a half.
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The Florida Democrat was on President Biden's shortlist for a running mate in the 2020 election. Demings, a former Orlando police chief, was first elected to the House in 2016.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shifted its stance this week on the need to wear masks if you're vaccinated. What's that mean for kids? For travel? For work? Experts weigh in.
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More than 1,340 people have been charged in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. NPR is tracking each case from the initial charges through sentencing.