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A pending truce in the "border war" of massive tax cuts and giveaways to lure businesses to Missouri or Kansas may end decades of fierce competition in the Kansas City area.

Character actor Rip Torn was known for playing dark roles at the beginning of his career, only to shift to more comic characters later on, winning an Emmy in the process. Torn died Tuesday at 88.

Stephanie Grisham has long had dreams of being White House press secretary. Two weeks into the job, Grisham is trying to figure out how the combative Trump White House should interact with the media.

The new smartphone game, Pokemon Go, is stirring controversy for its lack of data privacy. But that isn't slowing down its growth.

Hillary Clinton campaigned in New Hampshire Tuesday, joined by her primary rival Bernie Sanders. Sanders endorsed her after a month of intense negotiation between their campaigns.

NPR's Robert Siegel interviews Ruth Wedgwood, a professor of international law and diplomacy at the the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, about the ruling in the suit against China over its claims to the South China Sea.

From a traveler's worst nightmare — beaten and robbed in a foreign city — comes a surprising story of education and discovery.

NPR's Kelly McEvers talks to Washington Post reporter and author Dan Zak about his latest book, Almighty, about anti-nuclear weapons activism.

Fighting broke out in Beirut during a rally by Hezbollah supporters who say they were attacked by Christian militias, as Lebanon struggles with massive electricity outages and government paralysis.

The alleged assailant in Wednesday's attack that killed five people and seriously wounded three others is a Danish citizen and Muslim convert who had been flagged for concerns over radicalization.