Siegel is the first American to be released as part of this deal. A total of 18 hostages have been released since the ...

Marianne Faithfull died this week at the age of 78, after a full and often raucous life that ranged from the top of the rock ...

Jon Snyder is Spokane's first director of transportation and sustainability, and he joins the Brown Administration in ...

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Patrick Patterson and Steve Scipio of the British funk band Cymande about their new album and about reconstituting the band after decades.

An air ambulance with six people aboard crashed and then exploded on Friday evening in Philadelphia. The medical transport plane was returning a patient and her mother to Mexico. Several houses caught ...

Marco Rubio heads to Latin America on his first trip as secretary of state, including Panama, where President Trump wants control of the canal.

Marco Rubio heads to Latin America on his first trip as secretary of state, including Panama, where President Trump wants control of the Panama Canal.

NPR's Scott Simons speaks to Maha Nassar, a professor at the University of Arizona, about how Palestinians will view the Israeli Prime Minister's visit to the White House next week.

Unionized REI workers are running an insurgent campaign to elect a pro-labor candidate to the outdoor retailer’s board of directors. It’s a longshot bid for sway over the co-op’s future.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Patrick Patterson and Steve Scipio of the British funk band Cymande about their new album and about reconstituting the band after decades.

NPR's Scott Simon asks Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner, the Congolese minister for foreign affairs, about gains made by rebels backed by Rwanda.

Most Louisianans no longer speak French but more and more schools in the state are teaching it. One small school, southwest of New Orleans, is immersing students in the state's local dialects.