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The annual street survey of homeless people is being delayed or put off completely in some parts of the U.S. during the pandemic, even as the country's unsheltered population appears to be growing.

With much of Japan in a state of emergency due to the pandemic, public opinion is turning against holding the Tokyo Olympics. But organizers insist that there is no question of canceling the games.

Angela Merkel has been one of Germany's most popular leaders. She's stepping down at the end of this year. Over the weekend, her party chose a new leader and possible successor to her.

Most of the annual Martin Luther King Day celebrations were canceled due to the pandemic. But after a year dominated by racial turmoil, many cities decided to commemorate the holiday virtually.

Some of the Honduran migrants in the caravan say they are hoping to see a change in U.S. asylum policy when President-elect Joe Biden takes office.

Lawmakers may be on the verge of eliminating the death penalty in Virginia.Rarely is a vote in the General Assembly a matter of life or death the way it…

President-elect Biden has pledged to quickly end the Trump administration's travel ban on Muslim-majority countries. But immigrant advocates say the lasting effects of policy will be harder to undo.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to retired Gen. Gregory Newbold about why he thinks President-elect Biden's choice to lead the Pentagon, retired Gen. Lloyd Austin, is right for the job.

A migrant caravan consisting of thousands of Hondurans is moving north with the aim of reaching the U.S., and a less restrictive border policy under a Biden administration.

The Senate returns for the first time since the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol. Five committees will question nominees to lead Defense, State, Homeland Security, Treasury and the top intelligence post.