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Commissioners in Charleston County, S.C., voted unanimously on Tuesday to pay $10 million to settle the case of a man killed by authorities in a detention center earlier this year.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Democratic Sen. Chris Coons of Delaware about the ongoing negotiations involving the White House, Democrats and Republicans on a comprehensive infrastructure package.

Former Sen. John W. Warner of Virginia, a former Navy secretary and one of the Senate’s most influential military experts, has died at age 94.His longtime…

It's the second-largest acquisition for Amazon after purchasing Whole Foods — and its biggest move into entertainment.

After last summer's surge in anti-racist book sales, NPR spoke to three Black bookstore owners across the country to ask if customers are still engaged with their businesses and anti-racist reading.

They're treating as many as 200 patients a day. Many have seen more suffering than they expected in an entire career. A psychiatrist warns this will be "a generation of doctors who are traumatized."

More than 6 million Americans have been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease – the most common form of dementia. It afflicts one in nine Americans over the…

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom made its debut last year with a striking cast of characters, but it was Branford Marsalis' job to make the music take flight.

In 1990, Yusef Salaam was one of the five boys wrongly convicted in the so-called Central Park jogger case. They weren't exonerated until 2002. Salaam tells his story in Better, Not Bitter.

The dictator's choice of voting location sent "a message telling the opposition that we are celebrating through your demise," one Syrian analyst tells NPR. The government said Thursday that Assad won.