Nine thousand city workers in Philadelphia have been on strike for higher pay. Sanitation workers, 911 dispatchers and other municipal employees have been on strike for days.

President Trump defended former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who is accused of plotting an attempted coup following ...

The first new non-opioid for severe acute pain has been on the market for a few months. But it's a lot more expensive than opioids, and many people can't get it because of spotty insurance coverage.

Kevin O'Connor cited doctor-patient confidentiality and his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination in deciding not ...

NPR's Juana Summers talks with writer and critic Lawrence Burney about his new essay collection out titled No Sense in Wishing.

In the aftermath of the deadly floods, Texas lawmakers are reassessing a bill they killed weeks ago to beef up emergency alert systems and vowing to have more in place by the next camping season.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Keith Humphreys, professor at Stanford, about the falling prison population in the U.S., and the reasons behind that trend.

The diocese is the first in the national to issue a special dispensation because of fears over immigration detentions.

Immigrant rights organizations sued the state arguing that its new law conflicts with federal immigration law, and under ...

"I thought my mom was going to die in front of me," said Taylor Bergmann, a 19-year-old who fought to save the people in his ...

On Sunday, the chatbot was updated to "not shy away from making claims which are politically incorrect, as long as they are ...

Mottley's latest novel follows three young women as they navigate pregnancy and motherhood in a small town in Florida. She ...