The storm surge started pushing water into areas around Lake Pontchartrain Friday, as Barry slowly moved toward shore. Some inland areas could see 3 feet to as much as 6 feet of water.
A 7-year trial in Mali provided house calls and health care at no charge for pregnant women and young children. The results inspired the president to make a bold pronouncement.
A former New York state assemblyman and a social media personality filed lawsuits on the same day an appeals court found President Trump violated the First Amendment by blocking critics on Twitter.
More nations than ever are racing to the moon. Their lunar ambitions are driven by advances in technology and a desire to prove themselves.
Lawmakers including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., testified about their trip to a Border Patrol facility. Homeland Security’s acting inspector general also spoke about the overcrowding.
In response, the Pentagon is expected to announce that Turkey will be barred from receiving the new F-35 fighter.
The evacuation in Maui, the second-largest Hawaiian island, filled up local shelters, but residents have now been told they can return home.
Thousands of activists at the Netroots Nation political convention in Philadelphia are feeling emboldened because their ideas — and favored candidates — are shaping the Democratic primary race.
A sailor hoped his military status would protect his mother from deportation. But a change in Trump administration policy may lead to more undocumented members of military families being deported.
At El Paso’s Border Patrol Station 1 and at the Clint Border Patrol station 20 miles southeast of El Paso, the number of migrants held has dropped sharply in recent weeks.
Kelly, who already faces separate sexual assault charges in state court, will now be confronting two possible criminal charges following his Thursday night arrest by federal authorities.
“I did not want there to be a perception that I was riding with another female and that something promiscuous was going on or anything like that,” Robert Foster told NPR.
That’s the equivalent of about six standard Oreos. But this modest reduction in calories could have protective benefits for our hearts, a new study finds.
Human rights activists say as many as 27,000 people have died in the Philippine government’s antidrug campaign.
The deal to resolve all U.S. federal investigations and claims is the biggest drug industry settlement so far stemming from the nation’s deadly opioid epidemic.
A paste made from chickpeas, soy, peanuts and bananas is the result of years of work studying the bacteria that live in the human gut.
New research finds automation widening the gap between urban and rural areas and dramatically affecting people who didn’t go to college or didn’t finish high school.
President Trump said he would take executive action to get information about citizenship status amid a fight over adding a question to the 2020 census.
A special meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna this week let the U.S. and Iran spell out their starkly different views, and came amid continuing tensions.
It was a tough week for the agency in charge of implementing Trump’s ambitious plans to reduce drug costs. The administration rolled back one plan and had another shot down in court.
French officials have been frustrated that digital companies have been able to avoid taxes by establishing their European headquarters in countries that offer corporations low tax rates.
Six-player Texas Hold ’em has been too tough for a machine to master — until now. A bot named Pluribus crushed some of the world’s best poker players using brash and unorthodox strategies.
House Speaker Pelosi, D-Calif., is asking members to avoid attacking one another after an aide to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y, tweeted a message comparing some moderates to segregationists.
Amazon plans to invest $700 million to train a third of its U.S. workforce for higher-skilled jobs. The company acknowledged that workers could use their new skills to seek jobs outside Amazon.
In January, California expects to enroll 138,000 undocumented, low-income residents under age 26 in the state’s version of Medicaid. But young adults say their parents need health care coverage, too.
Three Iranian vessels tried to block a commercial oil tanker on Wednesday before a British warship forced them back, according to the U.K. Defense Ministry.
In a speech Tuesday, former Vice President Joe Biden laid out his plan for “reclaiming American leadership” and said the world sees President Trump as “dangerously incompetent.”
The administration has been in a legal fight for more than a year to include a citizenship question on the 2020 census. It has been blocked by the Supreme Court for now.
A Norwegian team has found some radioactivity leaking from the sub, which sank in 1989. But they say it poses no threat to the environment.
A review of “mussel-inspired chemistry” points to promising ways we can learn from mussels about how to clean up water.
Barry is now predicted to become a Category 1 hurricane shortly before making landfall Saturday, with maximum winds of 75 mph.
The Justice Department has mounted a legal challenge to block the effort, claiming such a site violates federal drug laws and would enable opioid users.
The charges come at a politically sensitive time for the island’s government, which is projecting a polished image to Congress as island leadership expect billions of dollars in recovery aid.
The Trump administration has invited high-profile, conservative activists and bloggers to the White House for a social media summit. But they did not invite Facebook and Twitter.
In 1990, Mitch McConnell returned a $1,000 campaign donation from Donald Trump, who was in severe financial trouble. It’s a view into a complicated relationship between two very different politicians.
Struggling to resolve racial tensions in South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg exclusively shared with NPR his “Douglass Plan,” named for the famed abolitionist. He compares it to the Marshall Plan.
