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It's the largest one-day surge in crude prices in years. Yemen's Iranian-backed Houthi rebels claimed responsibility for the strikes, but the U.S. says Iran played a key role. Iran denies involvement.

After NPR Illinois and ProPublica found that several University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign professors who violated policies were allowed to quietly...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with retired U.S. Air Force Gen. Victor "Gene" Renuart Jr., former commander of the U.S. Northern Command, about why he says the mission of the U.S. military is complemented by diplomatic and development aid.

The dynasty of Daley politicians in Chicago appears to be ending — the city's two top mayoral candidates are African-American women. The women will compete in a runoff election next month.

The relationship between the Trump administration and the Environmental Protection Agency is off to a rough start. The new administration has instructed officials to freeze its grants and contracts, external communication has been frozen, and academic papers by agency scientists may be subject to review before publication. NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Tracey Woodruff, a former senior scientist and policy advisor at the EPA under the Clinton and Bush administration, about whether previous transitions in administrations have always had been this rocky.

The "Mexico City policy" blocked federal funds for international family-planning charities if they were to "promote" abortion.

North Korea apparently attempted another ballistic missile launch last week. The launch failed, but U.S. intelligence officials warn the country is learning from these mistakes.

The candidates have discussed in-depth what they would do to combat terrorism, fix stagnated wages and reform our immigration system. But what about sexual assault?

A crime syndicate reaps billions working out of its base in Italy's Calabria region. But local farmers have found a way to resist the mob's extortion rackets.

How did a modestly-sized, developing country become dominant in sprinting?