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Top Texas court rules against a woman who sought an abortion for a complicated pregnancy, Ukraine's leader meets President Biden, and the Supreme Court weighs legal protections for ex-President Trump.

Two Yankees fans were ejected from Game 4 of the World Series for trying to pry a ball out of a Dodgers player’s glove. It's a particularly brazen instance of fan interference, but far from the first.

What do UFOs, Fireball Cinnamon and a dead snowshoe hare have in common? They all made the list of NPR.org's top stories of the year.

The Botswana government says the huge 2,492-carat diamond is the second-biggest ever discovered in a mine. It's the biggest diamond found since 1905. It weighs approximately half a kilogram.

China's Communist Party leaders holds a key meeting on Monday — an opportunity to chart a new economic course — but few observers expect big breakthroughs to boost the economy.

Donald Trump often focuses on Venezuelans when he warns about criminal immigrants coming to the U.S. It's a narrative that has surprisingly taken root even in some Venezuelan-American communities. It offers a window into why support for deportations seems to be rising among some Latinos.

After more than a week of race riots across the UK, police are now deployed around the capital London amid fresh threats there from the far-right.

Four weeks of chanting and shouting on the streets were not expressions of anger about politics — but the sound of joy and excitement about the European Championship soccer tournament.

With genetic samples from the infamous Wuhan market, a new study makes the case that raccoon dogs are likely the animal that infected humans. Proponents of the lab leak theory are dubious.

The president is preparing to back term limits and an enforceable ethics code for U.S. Supreme Court justices. But these changes would require Congressional backing, and that won't be easy to get.

The WikiLeaks founder walked free after reaching a plea deal in his years-long legal battle with the United States. Assange published leaked government information in 2010.

Lithuania's foreign minister visited Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C. this week to make a pitch to the divided electorate in the U.S. that Europe needs American support to win the war in Ukraine.