Native American New Year was celebrated on the solstice under a canopy of winter stars. Near a crackling bonfire, the ...

Gabriel Esparza, who resides in Charlotte, will become North Carolina’s first Latino Cabinet member when he's sworn in with ...

The ban, which will take effect on Jan. 1, is based on health and environmental grounds and is a groundbreaking move for ...

When Syria's dictatorship fell, celebrations broke out around the world, including in Ohio, where Mohammed al-Refai, a refugee from Syria, lives now. NPR has followed his story for nearly a decade.

Footage of the crash aired by YTN television showed the Jeju Air plane skidding across the airstrip, apparently with its ...

Severe weather is expected to keep impacting large parts of the U.S. Southeast on Sunday, after tornadoes and thunderstorms ...

The National Weather Service said it confirmed several tornadoes had touched down outside of Houston on Saturday.

Big Lots said Friday it will be sold to Gordon Brothers Retail Partners, a firm that specializes in distressed companies.

Yellen told Congress her agency will need to start taking "extraordinary measures," or special accounting maneuvers intended ...

In December 1999, the world prepared for the impending global meltdown known as Y2K. It all stemmed from a seemingly small ...

The head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, says he and his United Nations colleagues "escaped ...

Magnus Carlsen, the world's top chess player, has quit the World Rapid Chess Championship being held in New York after ...