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When we worry about the declining rates of literacy and a lack of reading skills, it's often about children. But how often are adults reading these days? And what are we reading? A new NPR/Ipsos poll finds out.

The state's highest court rejected new maps widely seen as favoring Democrats. The court largely agreed with Republican voters who argued the district boundaries were unconstitutionally gerrymandered.

Missouri lawmakers worked through dozens of bills this week as the end of the 2018 session starts coming into view. They include a proposal designed to...

Tom Countryman spent 35 years as a United States diplomat. In January of 2017, he was the State Department’s acting secretary for arms control when he...

Runners from Kenya, who had for years been considered the best of the best in the world, were nearly shut out from the podium entirely.

The grim milestone was crossed on Sunday, one day after India recorded more than 78,000 cases of the virus.

In the latest scandal to hit the world soccer governing body, FIFA Secretary General Jérôme Valcke has been put on leave amid allegations of a plot to profit personally from ticket sales.

Anti-government protesters took to the streets nationwide as Brazil's death toll reached a grim benchmark — a tragedy many critics attribute to President Jair Bolsonaro's handling of the pandemic.

The British broadcaster apologized to Trump last month, calling the edit an "error of judgment," but denies its reporting was defamatory.

A right-wing influencer claimed last week that day care centers, many of them run by members of the Somali community, are closed despite receiving federal funds.