A flight from Minneapolis to Minot {MYE-not}, North Dakota, had a near miss encounter Friday with a military aircraft. A pilot was forced to make an abrupt maneuver to avoid colliding with a B-52.

In Maryland, more youth are tried as adults than in almost any other state. State Sen. William Smith is on a mission to change that.

The earth doesn't rotate exactly on schedule. Scientists believe that today is going to be around a millisecond short of a ...

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks with Tracy Slater, author of "Together in Manzanar," which tells the true story of a family of ...

National and local incidents with Immigration and Customs Enforcement have escalated fear in communities with numerous immigrants. This is true in places like Los Angeles, but also here in Albuquerque ...

Actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner, best known for playing Theo Huxtable on The Cosby Show, has died at 54. Costa Rican authorities report he was on a family vacation there and drowned while swimming.

We remember Kenneth Colley, the British character actor who died late last month. Colley was best known as Admiral Piett in the Star Wars movies.

Does your dog watch TV when you do? Mine typically fall asleep. But if yours are glued to the screen, well, a new study aims ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Rep. Seth Moulton, Democrat from Massachusetts, about President Trump's recent social media post about Afghan refugees in the United Arab Emirates.

After a two-week trial, a federal judge in Boston will rule on whether the Trump administration's crackdown on noncitizen pro-Palestinian protesters is an unconstitutional violation of their right to ...

Lawyers for Harvard University and the Trump administration made their arguments today in federal court in Boston, while supporters of Harvard rallied outside.

According to Gaza health officials, more than 100 Palestinians were killed by the Israeli military while seeking food to disrupt the extreme hunger they've been subject to for the past 21 months of ...