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Police in Rhode Island say an argument with family members escalated to include restaurant staff. The groom pleaded no contest to the charges.

Wish Bone Canine Rescue organization is turning the former Tri-Lakes banquet hall into no-kill shelter to save more dogs and to make their time in shelter…

Across the U.S., locals are hosting meals designed to help the community meet the refugees who live among them as neighbors, and to break barriers by breaking bread together.

The Supreme Court has for decades forbidden racial gerrymandering, but it has repeatedly shied away from addressing partisan gerrymandering.

NPR's East Africa correspondent, Eyder Peralta, was seized by armed men and imprisoned without charge just after he'd been given permission to report in South Sudan, ravaged by civil war since 2013.

Temperatures were expected to climb as high as 120 degrees there on Tuesday — too high for some smaller planes to handle.

First she was shot at on the way to work. Then her house was destroyed by a bomb. That didn't deter this female scientist.

"Like any good attack, this one begins with deception," says an investigator. Phishing text messages, including one that appeared to come from the U.S. embassy, were sent to a dozen targets.

For years, members of Congress were unwilling to update the 2001 Authorization for the Use of Military Force that legalized most post-9/11 overseas operations. Now, the Senate could consider it.

David Coffin is a modern day sea shantyman. The New Englander comes from a long line of whalers and sea farers and he is still bringing their songs and stories to life.