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Masayuki Uemura was the lead architect behind the Nintendo Entertainment System, which dominated the home video game industry and helped launch games like Mario and Donkey Kong.

A number of Bay Area school districts saw hundreds of Covid-19 cases and teacher absences on their first week back after the holiday break

Trump announced the news himself — calling the FBI action unnecessary and attacking it as politically motivated — even though he appointed the FBI director, Chris Wray.

Relations between the U.S. and Brazil are strained by conflicting alliances in the Ukraine war. Decades ago, a Disney cartoon parrot and Carmen Miranda once played a part in U.S.-Brazilian diplomacy.

Laws banning abortion in many conservative U.S. states are expected to boost birth rates among adolescents, whose bodies often aren't built for safe childbirth, or for carrying a pregnancy to term.

The singer's 1968 hit "Different Strokes" became a popular hip-hop sample used by artists like Wu-Tang Clan, Public Enemy and Kanye West.

About halfway into her pregnancy, Karla found out her fetus had a severe genetic anomaly. As she grappled with an uncertain prognosis, she was up against North Carolina's 20-week abortion limit.

Through an attorney, the Bronx Zoo argues Happy is neither illegally imprisoned nor a person, but a well-cared-for elephant "respected as the magnificent creature she is."

This year artists working within the orbit of the unstable category "roots music" got personal even as they explored complex cultural lineages and challenged the rules of established scenes and forms.

NPR's A Martinez speaks with Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut about his recent trip to Ukraine as part of a bipartisan delegation of senators, and what he learned.

More Democratic-led states pull back their masking requirements. Natural gas plays a big role in the Russia-Ukraine crisis. Jan. 6 panel subpoenas former Trump White House trade adviser Peter Navarro.

Known affectionately as El Judio Maravilloso, "the marvelous Jew," the Brooklyn-born pianist, arranger, producer and activist helped to popularize the music that would become known as salsa.