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After decades of neglect, Germany has announced a 100-billion-euros investment into the national railway operator. But some say it will take more than money to get its trains back on track.

NPR's Sacha Pfieffer speaks to comedian Chris Duffy about his new book, "Humor Me." In it, he explores how laughing can be therapeutic and argues that humor can be taught, lost and regained.

What does the future hold for the Washington Post after executives announced mass layoffs this week? NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Marty Baron, the paper's former executive editor.

One year later, musicians who lost essential instruments and home studio set-ups in the Los Angeles fires are still picking up the pieces.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement says it has arrested more than 100 people so far in Maine as part of an ongoing, large-scale operation that began this week.

After years of shortages and economic collapse, Venezuelans face fresh uncertainty as Trump threatens an oil blockade — but many say they're too exhausted to do anything but endure.

Until last year, the number of children orphaned because a parent died from AIDS, was plummeting. That's thanks to America's 20 year effort to get lifesaving HIV meds to millions in need. But last years upheaval in foreign aid funding is raising concern that more children will be at risk of losing a parent to the deadly virus.

Immigration crackdowns may be slowing U.S. population growth and reshaping the economy, says Luke Pardue, policy director at the Aspen Institute Economic Strategy Group.

The Pentagon released a priority-shifting National Defense Strategy late Friday that chastised U.S. allies to take control of their own security and reasserted the Trump administration's focus on dominance in the Western Hemisphere above a longtime goal of countering China.

Research shows it helps to start small if you want new habits to stick. NPR's Life Kit has more.

After months of wrangling and much tension, India and the US have finally released a framework for an interim trade agreement

More than a week after one of the worst train accidents in Spain's history, many questions remain unanswered, and survivors struggle to move on.