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U.S. humanitarian relief teams are usually among the first to respond to major disasters. But Friday's deadly earthquake in Myanmar came as the Trump administration fired USAID's remaining employees.

The news of the leak to a reporter of life-and-death operational details lands differently with veterans and active duty troops, who can be prosecuted for much less significant "spillage" incidents.

A fatal on-set shooting killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins in 2021. Hutchins' husband became a producer as part of a settlement.

This week, Pope Francis received one of the U.S.'s top honors, published a memoir, and facilitated relations between Washington and Havana.

NPR talks with Jason Furman, an economist and Harvard professor, about Trump's management of the economy.

Theodore McCarrick, a once-powerful Catholic cardinal who was defrocked by Pope Francis in 2019 after a Vatican investigation determined he had molested adults and children, has died.

We asked some of our trusted critics which upcoming books they are most looking forward to. Here are the fiction and nonfiction titles they picked.

Tribune reporters Jose Davila IV, Tamarra Kemsley, and Andy Larsen join host UPR’s Tom Williams to talk about the week’s top stories, including a potential freeway system for bikes in the Salt Lake Valley and beyond.

On this installment of our Cineplexity series, NPR staffers discuss the films of actor Tom Cruise and whether or not he's the quintessential movie star.

A group of women in Kenya rebelled against trading sex for a fisherman's catch to sell. They got their own boats, had success — but in past years have faced floods and now fears about HIV medications.