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NPR staffers recommend five of this year's new novels for summer reading: "The Ministry of Time," "The Familiar," "Come and Get It," "Memory Place," and "Sex, Lies and Sensibility."

A lonely widow took in migrants for free at her failing Denver motel. Hundreds now have a warm, safe place to sleep and are showering her with gratitude.

With federal food benefits hanging in the balance, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are facing mounting pressure to end the government shutdown.

The shutdown's suspension of food aid and rising healthcare costs is putting new pressure on both parties to break the stalemate in Washington

Three Austrian nuns have left a retirement home to break into their old convent — with local support and an Instagram following.

NPR has been following the story of three octogenarian Austrian nuns who broke out of a nursing home and back into their old convent. Now, they're hoping for a deal with the Vatican so they can stay.

Investors feared that the country could default on its $57 billion IMF loan if President Mauricio Macri loses October elections to his leftist rival.

An attorney representing the daughter and husband of 49-year-old Elaine Herzberg says a settlement with the ride-hailing company has been reached, but provided no specifics.

State lawmakers will soon consider a bill that could make it easier for convicted sex offenders to find employment when they get out of prison. It passed…

Earlier this year, Congress passed a bill that includes massive new investments aimed at encouraging domestic semiconductor manufacturing.