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North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile off its east coast Monday, which appears to have landed in Japan's maritime economic zone, South Korean and Japanese officials say.

President Trump's first foreign trip wasn't enough to get away from scandals involving Russia. Reports say Jared Kushner tried to set up a back channel of communications.

The sportswriter was a mainstay on Morning Edition for 37 years, applying his keen wit and incisive eye to games of every stripe. Deford died Sunday, just weeks after hanging up his cleats with NPR.

Driven by a profound regret for his votes to authorize the wars in the Middle East, Rep. Walter B. Jones, R-N.C., is leading a bipartisan effort to pull the U.S. military out of Afghanistan.

When the jet returned to the airport, the suspect was already tied up. Police took him away — but they left the device he had held on the plane, along with the passengers, for 90 minutes.

NPR reporters break down how the coal industry, climate, U.S. global relations, public support and budget could be affected by President Trump's decision to pull out of the agreement.

People and other primates have an amazing ability to instantly recognize faces. Scientists at Caltech found that we do that by having 205 specialized brain cells divvy up the task.

Opponents of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro are accusing Goldman Sachs of propping up the Maduro government with its recent purchase of Venezuelan bonds. Goldman bought the bonds at a steep discount and stands to make a lot of money if the country stabilizes. But it's not clear the money Venezuela received will ease food and medicine shortages.

"I wanted to see Manzanar with my own eyes, so that my understanding of history might feel deeper through the experience of place."

Our weekly education news roundup: State officials criticize DeVos on student loan protections; and typos torpedo some grant applications for low-income students.