In 1981, Metallica was formed, five months after singer James Hetfield answered an ad in a Los Angeles newspaper placed by drummer Lars Ulrich. In 1986, Marie Osmond married for the second time, to ...

Two Morning Edition teams drove hundreds of miles around the state to gauge how residents in this critical swing state feel about VP Harris and former President Donald Trump. Here’s what they told us.

A transit worker watched Donald Kabara and his son hug goodbye. Later, he was pleasantly surprised to see his son return with ...

The absolute number of Black men enrolled at Historically Black Colleges and Universities is the lowest it's been since 1976.

Pensions are a major sticking point between Boeing and its striking machinists union. Many workers want the company to ...

In the waning days of the 2024 presidential election, even the bipartisan bill that's pouring $54 billion into the ...

Even for a war as brutal as the one in Sudan, this past week has been one of the deadliest. Hundreds of people have been killed by bombings and revenge attacks, tens of thousands more were displaced.

NATO is receiving an intelligence briefing from South Korean officials about the possible involvement of North Korean troops helping Russia in Ukraine.

Both the governments of Iran and Israel stopped short of calling for retaliation following the weekend attack. What might prevent or cause further escalation between these two nations?

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At a hospital in Charlotte, N.C., military doctors serve alongside civilians -- in what some hope will be a model to shore-up both systems.

Fifty years ago women couldn't apply for a loan or a credit card without their husband or a male relative to co-sign. NPR looks at the law that changed women's financial power -- five decades later.