Israel’s Supreme Court said Lara Alqasem should be allowed to study in the country despite her past association with a student group that supports boycotting Israel.

As the national Democratic party shifts to the left, control of the House in November likely rests on moderate Democrats beating Republicans in red districts Trump carried handily in 2016.

Three companies — StarKist, Chicken of the Sea and Bumble Bee — are accused by the government of conspiring to keep their canned tuna prices high.

The Justice Department issued subpoenas to at least six of the state’s eight dioceses seeking private files and records following revelations that more than 1,000 minors were abused, NPR has learned.

Boston’s pitchers held the Astros to just five hits, and Red Sox third baseman Rafael Devers continued his surprising postseason with a three-run home run as the Red Sox won the ALCS.

Hundreds of people have arrived at a Guatemalan town just across the border from Mexico. It’s uncertain how Trump would block the group from crossing at a legal port of entry.

The Survey of American Fears reveals most Americans are preoccupied with the fear of corrupt government officials, for the fourth year running. Other anxieties include pollution and global warming.

The column’s publication is “kind of an acknowledgement to ourselves … that we don’t have much hope that we’re going to be able to edit this one with him,” the Post editorial page editor told NPR.

Almost 90 percent of Californians do not have earthquake insurance. That worries state officials and quake experts, who are renewing the push to boost insurance coverage.

NPR reported on the troubled Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, and dozens of aggrieved student borrowers wrote in to share their stories.

As rescues continue after Hurricane Michael, officials expressed frustration at people who didn’t evacuate. But experts say people’s decisions to stay are almost always carefully considered.

“I have never seen anything like this,” said tree surgeon Hiroyuki Wada. Two typhoons that recently struck the country are a likely cause of the sudden flowering.

A new Pew poll shows that there are few issues that Democrats and Republicans agree need to be fixed — and even then, they often don’t agree on how to fix them.

The president has been personally involved with the future of the FBI’s Pennsylvania Avenue headquarters building, and Democrats say it is an abuse of power intended to help his hotel up the street.

Shooting broke out at the end of a meeting at the governor’s palace in Kandahar on how to maintain security during in in Afghanistan’s upcoming parliamentary elections.

All kinds of bacteria live with us indoors, and some can make us sick. A new study shows that rooms exposed to light had about half the live bacteria found in rooms that were kept in darkness.

EU leaders have called off a planned November summit on the next phase of Brexit discussions because of a lack of progress.

Proceeds from the concerts, featuring a holographic image of the deceased artist, would go to the Winehouse Foundation, which works to prevent drug and alcohol abuse in young people.

VA says 115 vets with other-than-honorable discharges received mental health care last year under a new program. Veterans advocates say it’s a tiny fraction of such vets who need help.

Florida has some of the nation’s toughest building codes. But the rules are looser in the Panhandle, allowing construction that couldn’t stand up to the storm’s 155 mph winds.

Prison rules created to control men often don’t work well for women, who come with different histories and experiences. “Gender-responsive corrections” aims to treat women based on these differences.

A new analysis of what were initially thought to be microbial fossils in Greenland suggests they might instead just be mineral structures created when ancient tectonic forces squeezed stone.

At a time when early voting is becoming increasingly popular nationwide, a new law passed by North Carolina’s GOP-controlled legislature cuts early voting sites by nearly 20 percent.

The fate of Obamacare may hinge on which party wins the midterm elections.