Judith Jamison, dance star and former artistic director of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, died Saturday. She was 81.

In the first interview about his new book The City and its Uncertain Walls, the celebrated author also talks with NPR about ...

Gascón became the first trans actress to win a major prize at the Cannes Film Festival with the Best Actress Award, which she ...

President-elect Trump has offered the role of U.N. ambassador to House Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y. "I am honored to nominate Chairwoman Elise Stefanik to serve in my Cabinet as U.S. Ambassador to the ...

Homan was the acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement from January 2017 to June 2018, where he was a key ...

Trump’s return to the White House raises questions about whether the country will continue working on global climate ...

The Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Monday on whether a law that legislators adopted more than a decade before the Civil War bans abortion and can still be enforced.

The new film Emilia Pérez follows a Mexican cartel leader (Karla Sofía Gascón) who was assigned male at birth but transitions ...

More people are getting cancer in their 20s, 30s, and 40s, and surviving, thanks to rapid advancement in care. Many will have ...

After her car key broke, Betsy Cornwell was stranded and all alone. Then the unlikeliest of heroes came to her aid.

A study of cells from 84 cadaver brains suggests that Alzheimer’s has two distinct phases, and that one type of neuron is ...

An NPR investigation finds thousands of veterans were pushed into high-cost mortgages by a program that was meant to help ...