The shortest month of the year is packed with highly anticipated new releases, including books from Michael Pollan, Tayari Jones and the late Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa.

Police briefly detained, then released, a person in relation to the kidnapping case of Nancy Guthrie on Tuesday night. Earlier, the FBI released surveillance camera footage showing a masked person ...

Police briefly detained, then released, a person in relation to the kidnapping case of Nancy Guthrie on Tuesday night.

A contentious House hearing with senior immigration leaders did little to bring lawmakers closer on a deal to fund the Department of Homeland Security.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Democratic Rep. Mike Quigley of Illinois about DHS funding and ICE reforms ahead of Friday's deadline to avert a partial government shutdown.

The National Park Service took down a Pride flag from the Stonewall National Monument in New York City, a landmark of the LGBTQ rights movement.

Vladyslav Heraskevych, a skeleton sled racer, says he will wear a helmet showing images of Ukrainian athletes killed ...

Copper Quill Haven has withdrawn from contract negotiations with Canyon County, the city of Nampa and the city of Caldwell and will no longer be in charge of their animal shelter services. The ...

The Environmental Protection Agency is eliminating a Clean Air Act finding from 2009 that is the basis for much of the ...

A shooting at a school in British Columbia left seven people dead, while two more were found dead at a nearby home, authorities said. A woman who police believe to be the shooter also was killed.

New data offers further confirmation of a crisis in the U.S. student loan portfolio, in which too many borrowers are not ...

Hat tricks have a rich history in hockey, but it didn't start there. For NPR's Word of the Week, we trace the term's some 150-year-history and why it's particularly special on the hockey rink.