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The Reagan administration's sharp-tongued, pro-development interior secretary was beloved by conservatives but ran afoul of environmentalists. Watt even managed to offend Beach Boys fans.

Chinese universities are sending students home as the ruling Communist Party tightens anti-virus controls and tries to prevent more protests by crowds angered by its severe "zero COVID" restrictions.

On Tuesday, Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito acknowledged a constitutional right to privacy and distanced himself from a memo he wrote two decades ago against the right to abortion.

State lawmakers will move Tuesday to do something they haven't done in more than 40 years: override a gubernatorial veto.

A measure designed to finally legalize the already common practice of people selling home-made tamales and similar goods cleared its first hurdle Wednesday.

When Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast five years ago, it sent a 30-foot-high wall of water ashore the coast of Mississippi. Sharon Hanshaw, who lost her home and beauty shop in Biloxi, says she's fighting for equitable development for her impoverished community.

Sara Hamdan discusses her debut novel What Will People Think?, a story about a Palestinian American woman learning to chase her dreams and break cultural expectations.

On Thursday, Gov. Katie Hobbs overruled her own Department of Health Services, ordering the agency to immediately begin enforcing HB 2402 "as written.'' That is the law signed by the governor earlier this year removing most of the restrictions on the commercial sale of home-made products.

Congressman Brendan Boyle on how the new pope affects American politics, on issues both in line and at odds with the Trump administration

NPR's Andrew Limbong talks to Moshe Lavi, brother-in-law of Omri Miran, who is an Israeli hostage held in Gaza. Miran is one of twenty living hostages expected to return to Israel.