NPR speaks with investigative journalist Vicky Ward about the life of the late financier Jeffrey Epstein, as well as her impressions of him. Ward profiled Epstein for "Vanity Fair" in 2003.

This week's show was recorded in Chicago with host Peter Sagal, judge and scorekeeper Bill Kurtis, Not My Job guest Laufey and panelists Joyelle Nicole Johnson, Adam Burke, and Peter Grosz. Click the ...

The number of homeless people in L.A. County living on the street dropped last year, bucking trends elsewhere in the U.S. What does it say about efforts to combat homelessness, in the city as well as ...

Unalaska’s city manager fired the island’s director of ports and harbors Wednesday, despite threats of a forthcoming lawsuit.

Get to know Ayrshire, the Scottish coastal county hosting President Trump this weekend.

Detainees at an ICE facility in the Florida Everglades referred to Alligator Alcatraz allege harsh punishments from guards.

Deported under a little-known wartime law, more than 130 Venezuelans were sent from the U.S. to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador. Now released, several tell NPR they endured beatings, sexual ...

Residents in St. Paul rely on the Essential Air Service program for commercial flights to Anchorage, roughly 800 miles away. St. Paul may have found a temporary fix for its air travel woes, but the ...

Food has finally arrived on St. Paul Island after 20,000 pounds of groceries meant for the Pribilof Islands community spent weeks stuck in Anchorage due to weather delays. Marissa Merculieff, an ...

Earlier this month, Unalaska City Manager Bil Homka presented the island’s ports director with a notice of termination, which was the topic of a special City Council meeting Friday afternoon.

As a candidate, President Trump promised to change America's foreign policy. Six months into his second administration, NPR examines where things stand.

An judge sentenced Bryan Kohberger on Wednesday to multiple terms of life in prison for the murders of four University of Idaho students. Friends and relatives of the victims spoke at the sentencing.