Five years since schools first closed, students are still falling behind in reading. Louisiana is the only state where kids have improved their reading skills since 2019. NPR's Jonaki Mehta reports.

Former president of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte is in custody at the International Criminal Court. He has been under investigation since 2021 for his administration's deadly drug crackdown.

Many projects have been awaiting action since the Supreme Court affirmed a lower court order compelling the Trump ...

Donatella took over the brand after the murder of her brother, Gianni Versace, its founder, in 1997. Her bold creative vision and unique style have been instrumental in preserving the Versace legacy.

President Trump has upended global markets by imposing tariffs on imports from several of America's top trading partners.

The president is planning to give remarks on "restoring law and order," according to the White House. Trump has vowed to end ...

Russia's president welcomed the idea of a ceasefire but warned Ukraine might use a 30-day truce to regroup and questioned how it would be enforced, as President Trump's envoy visited Moscow.

Police in Waterbury, Conn., allege the man's stepmother locked him in his room with limited food and water for over 20 years, until he started a fire using hand sanitizer, printer paper and a lighter.

Thousands of probationary federal employees fired by the Trump administration must be offered job reinstatement within the next week, a district judge in San Francisco has ruled, because they were ...

The government runs out of funding Friday at midnight, leaving Democrats to decide whether to help Republicans pass a bill to ...

The cancellation of two programs will affect more than $1 billion in expected funding this year. Food advocates worry the ...

Some towns paid the U.S. Census Bureau to produce new local population counts to try to get more funding. But Trump's hiring ...