NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Keith Humphreys, professor at Stanford, about the falling prison population in the U.S., and the reasons behind that trend.

Filmmaker Celine Song isn't religious, but that doesn't stop her from seeing certain dead insects as signs in her life and treating a good meal like prayer.

The diocese is the first in the national to issue a special dispensation because of fears over immigration detentions.

Immigrant rights organizations sued the state arguing that its new law conflicts with federal immigration law, and under ...

"I thought my mom was going to die in front of me," said Taylor Bergmann, a 19-year-old who fought to save the people in his ...

On Sunday, the chatbot was updated to "not shy away from making claims which are politically incorrect, as long as they are ...

Mottley's latest novel follows three young women as they navigate pregnancy and motherhood in a small town in Florida. She ...

Yaccarino, a traditional business executive, was in many ways a strong foil to the mercurial and controversy-courting Musk.

Composer, pianist, educator and bandleader Jason Moran announced on social media that he is no longer the artistic director ...

After the 12-day war in June, the issue of who will succeed Iran's longtime supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has ...

The U.S. has hit an unwelcome milestone in measles cases this year. The CDC is reporting 1,288 cases across the country. The ...

President Trump is hosting 5 African leaders in Washington this week — a mini summit that's raising eyebrows over who was ...