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The city of Chicago plans to honor its World Series champion Cubs with a parade and rally on Friday.The celebration will start about 10 a.m. when the…

"Even if you thought that this was not treasonous," the former chief strategist is quoted as saying of the Trump Tower meeting, "... you should have called the FBI immediately."

Mike Bloomberg has already spent well over $350 million for Democrats this cycle, according to his team. Some Democrats say the former New York mayor and presidential candidate could do more.

Facing worsening homelessness and sprawling illegal encampments, some American cities are resorting to setting up regulated, outdoor shelters even in the dead of winter.

President Biden is expected to highlight his push to cap junk fees in his State of the Union address, for a second year in a row. It's a theme he plans to take on the campaign trail.

Electronic musician Jon Hopkins' latest release, Music For Psychedelic Therapy, is built upon field recordings made deep in a cave in Ecuador.

Years before Dr. Spock and other child-rearing gurus, a renowned pediatrician in Poland pioneered the field by advocating that parents simply trust their instincts. He was executed by the Nazis, along with the orphans he cared for in a Warsaw ghetto.

Peoria's new pre-professional soccer team, Peoria City, takes the field at Shea Stadium for the first time this spring.

A new work of fiction, read by the author, Alexs (Alex) Pate. Minneapolis is the setting. The title is "Merry Christmas, Tamyra." It's the story of Campbell Fielding, 20 years old, who is spending a last Christmas with his family before he joins the Navy. The week before Thanksgiving, he witnessed a murder. He does not want to go to the police with his information, so to escape from the neighborhood, he joined the service. His mother questions his decision -- it looks like there might be war, and she doesn't want him in danger. His father -- a Navy man himself -- is proud, but Campbell knows that he's going into the Navy not out of duty or honor, but simply to run away from the gang members who murdered the little girl. Alexs Pate's latest novel is called West of Rehoboth.

Lt. Gen. John Vines, commander of U.S. and allied forces in Afghanistan since June 2003, speaks to NPR's Steve Inskeep about a resurgence of attacks by the Taliban against police and civilian officials. Vines says the enemy is most active in southern Afghanistan, near some of the nation's most productive opium fields.